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

Astronomers from both nations are exploring the idea of creating instruments together, SCMP said

China’s space agency said most of the remnants of the spacecraft fell into the Pacific Ocean, 1,000km southwest of Acapulco in Mexico