Last month, China became the first country in the world to bring rock samples from the far side of the moon back to Earth
This is China’s second successful mission on the far side of the moon, a region no other country has reached
Chinese military researchers have been studying the role of Starlink satellites in the Ukraine war and warned about its risks to Beijing, while calling for the creation of a similar network
China already has ambitious plans for long-term lunar habitation, starting with plans to land its first taikonauts on the Moon to using 3D printing technology to construct buildings on its surface
Private space firm closing in on last test of groundbreaking methane and liquid oxygen-fuelled rocket
The China National Space Administration said would-be partners could undertake craft-to-craft operations and explore the surface of the Moon
US commander General Chance Saltzman said a direct line of communication between the Space Force and China could de-escalate tensions
China will also launch three astronauts to its now fully operational space station on Tuesday, one of whom will be its first ever civilian to go to space
The fully robotic rover has been in longer-than-expected hibernation since May 2022, when it entered a planned sleep mode
A robot tasked with making "lunar soil bricks" will also be launched during China's Chang'e 8 mission around 2028
Beijing's significant advances in space in recent years have alarmed Washington and other Western nations
Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, from the European Space Agency, took to Twitter to quote a Chinese proverb from the fourth century, CGTN said