NASA astronaut Chris Williams, who's been stationed aboard the ISS since November 2025, captured footage of 2026 Lunar New Year fireworks over Beijing.

A major theme in communist governments is the idea of central planning. Every five years, the central authorities in communist countries lay out their goals for the country over the course of the next ...

Appeal comes as strategic rivals such as the US are increasingly eyeing military uses for tech developed by private firms ...

China has built 27,000 miles of high-speed rail — and now it’s applying that same scale and ambition to space. With its own ...

In this episode of Space Minds, Mike Gruss sits down with David Ariosto to discuss his new book, “Open Space.” David talks about how some of the themes of the book — China, the moon and the booming ...

BEIJING -- As China celebrates the 2026 Spring Festival, the crew of the Shenzhou XXI mission aboard the Tiangong space station has received a remarkable gift, a thriving harvest of tomatoes grown in ...

China plans to build space-based data centers as part of its space+ initiative, signaling a major shift in digital infrastructure beyond Earth.

China has revealed ambitious plans to build a futuristic space warship equipped with hypersonic missiles and unmanned fighter ...

In this part of Shenzhen, China, a striking blue padel court is built under an elevated structure. Enclosed in glass and located within an open city space, it reflects how urban areas are being used ...

The first manned moon mission since 1972 will launch next month. China, meanwhile, is struggling.

China has unveiled a concept for a flying aircraft carrier that would hover at the edge of space. The idea suggests it could ...

China just took another step toward landing astronauts on the moon, acing a key abort test with its Mengzhou crew capsule and pulling off a soft splashdown with the returning rocket.