China’s space program is having a landmark year, and clues to which nation is pulling ahead in the new moon race may be emerging.

China's next generation of astronauts is training for the Moon. Here's how caves, spacesuits, spacecraft and lunar landers fit into the plan.

TIANJIN, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- China has advanced its push for a crewed moon landing by 2030, with its lunar spacesuit and a ...

The moon floating in the night sky.It looks so close that we sometimes forget, but humanity has actually traveled to that ...

During the Apollo missions, scientists discovered rare earth elements in its lunar samples. China and the U.S. are now ...

Last December, Space.com featured a headline that read: "The US must beat China to the moon, Trump pick for NASA chief Jared Isaacman tells Senate: ‘If we make a mistake, we may never catch up.’" The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shackleton crater on the Lunar South Pole. The Chang'e-7 Moon mission will send a hopper toward shadowed south pole craters in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A lunar lander is seen at a test site in Huailai county, in China's Hebei province, in 2025. - Xinhua/Shutterstock A ...