IMAGE: Artist’s illustration of China’s Chang’E 5 moon sample-return spacecraft. CREDIT: CNSA/NASA China is in the middle of an ambitious four-phase lunar exploration program, and the most recently ...

The US wants to put a nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030, five years ahead of Russia and China’s plans to do the same.

The abundance, distribution, and origin of lunar surface water has recently drawn significant scientific interest, owing to ...

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When the Chang’e 6 return capsule touched down in the dusty plains of Inner Mongolia in June 2024, it carried something no nation had ever retrieved: the first samples from the far side of the Moon.

NASA has talked about doing its own form of in situ lunar habitation. The Chinese have actually tested the technology—albeit only a rudimentary version. While the United States has placed a former ...

"We never fully imagined the 'magic' that the lunar soil possessed." Soil excavated from the moon could be used to produce oxygen and methane, which could be used by lunar settlers for breathing and ...

China said it's on track to land astronauts on the moon by 2030 as it prepared to send another team of astronauts to its space station, as part of its ambitious plans to be a leader in ...