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A Chinese rocket fell back to Earth on Saturday over the Indian Ocean but NASA said Beijing had not shared the "specific trajectory information" needed to know where possible debris might fall.

The rocket was launched on Sunday carrying the Wentian science module to China's under-construction space station.

China's Tianwen-1 spacecraft has captured Phobos, Mars' bigger moon, in stunning detail.

Beijing’s “no limits” partnership with Moscow is likely to destroy its dream of having European astronauts fly to the Chinese space station.

The Chinese Academy of Science is set to select five big-ticket missions to explore the deep universe, solar system and Earth.

China's space program is a rapidly developing superpower that doesn't often get its fair share of attention.

China is planning to bring samples from Mars before US and Europe. it could happen as early as 2031.

Probably not...

The United States faces its greatest space competitor since the dawn of the Space Age in the form of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). In order to secure its interests, both terrestrially and in space, the U.S. needs to sustain its own space efforts, both governmental and commercial, while recognizing the growing competition from China.

The high-tech mega-project is still in an early stage, but will have both economic and military implications.