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‘Don’t Help a Villain Do Evil’: China Slams SpaceX ‘Spy Network’

Chinese military researchers have been studying the role of Starlink satellites in the Ukraine war and warned about its risks to…

1 month ago

Russia, China Plan to Build Lunar Nuclear Power Plant by 2035

China already has ambitious plans for long-term lunar habitation, starting with plans to land its first taikonauts on the Moon…

1 month ago

Japan Successfully Launches H3 Rocket a Year After Failure

The launch marks a second straight win for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency after its lunar lander, SLIM, achieved a "pinpoint" touchdown…

2 months ago

Japan Government Space Spending Sparks Startup Investor Boom

Japan's most significant defence build-up since the Second World War has seen a wave of new investment in its domestic aerospace sector

4 months ago

US Space Force General Floats China Crisis Hotline Plan

US commander General Chance Saltzman said a direct line of communication between the Space Force and China could de-escalate tensions

7 months ago

India Switches Off Pragyan Moon Rover, Sets Sights on Sun

The Indian Space Research Organisation said the craft had completed its mission and had now been put to ‘sleep'

8 months ago

India Eyes Mars, Venus Next as Moon Rover Begins Lunar Probe

The Indian mission was accomplished with a budget of about 6.15 billion rupees ($75 million), less than the cost to…

8 months ago

India’s Chandrayaan-3 Makes Historic Landing on the Moon

The country's lunar spacecraft made a soft landing on the far side of the moon, days after a similar Russian…

8 months ago

China Plans to Land its First Taikonauts on the Moon by 2030

China will also launch three astronauts to its now fully operational space station on Tuesday, one of whom will be…

11 months ago

South Korea Halts Space Rocket Take-Off Hours Before Launch

Computer glitches were blamed for postponement of the third test of Seoul’s homegrown Nuri rocket

11 months ago

China Says ‘Unforeseen’ Dust Pile-Up Behind Idle Mars Rover

The fully robotic rover has been in longer-than-expected hibernation since May 2022, when it entered a planned sleep mode

12 months ago

China Looking to 3D Print Lunar Buildings Using Moon Soil

A robot tasked with making "lunar soil bricks" will also be launched during China's Chang'e 8 mission around 2028

12 months ago