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When China’s first astronaut Yang Liwei blasted off into space in 2003, it was a history making moment that declared his country’s arrival as an emerging space power.

On Thursday, three Chinese astronauts lifted off on the Shenzhou-17 spacecraft from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center deep in the Gobi Desert, heading for the Tiangong space station for a six-month stay.

By Marc Stewart, Mengchen Zhang and Nectar Gan, CNN Gobi Desert, China (CNN) — When China’s first astronaut Yang Liwei blasted off into space in

The latest space race is between Russia and India, though it's possible — even likely — neither nation will win the title of first to land at the shadowy lunar south pole.

Russia just launched its first mission to the moon in close to 50 years, firing up a new mini space race this August amid broad and growing international competition. The Soviet Union, which collapsed in 1991, was the first nation to land a robotic spacecraft on the moon and it sent many afterward. But the launch Friday from Kazakhstan is the first lunar mission for Russia in the post-Soviet era. The mission makes a bold geopolitical statement: Though it was originally intended as a partnership,...

On Thursday, Argentina signed the U.S.-led Artemis Accords, becoming the 28th nation to sign the accords, and the fifth to do so in the last three months.

China's Tiangong Space Station is becoming a center for global scientific collaboration as it hosts experiemce from researchers worldwide.

A globe-spanning group of physicists used pulsars to measure the waves, which they believe emanated from pairs of supermassive black holes.

The United States and China are engaged in a space race. The winner in heaven will be the winner on Earth.

Lessons from the Cold War suggest that partnering with Beijing on space projects will not reduce military tensions in space.