China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is a prominent state-owned enterprise headquartered in Beijing, China, operating within the aerospace and defence industry. CASC specialises ...

SpaceX’s Starship, now approaching its first orbital tests, has already generated massive excitement across the space industry. As the most powerful launch vehicle ever designed, Starship’s potential ...

The mission, called Skyfall, would use a capsule to drop down towards the Martian surface, open up before it impacts, and out ...

BEIJING -- The prototype of a Chinese lunar rover designed for the country's manned lunar missions is now in its initial development phase, according to a statement made by the China Academy of Space ...

Project Horizon was shuttered due to cost overruns. Had it succeeded, it would have militarized the lunar surface.

However, its conceptual innovations, engineering challenges, and historical context offer a fascinating glimpse into the ...

Planned moon and Mars missions require timely communications and navigation systems, which is prompting NASA officials to ...

China has already initiated the lunar landing phase of its manned lunar exploration program -- with a goal to achieve a manned lunar landing by 2030. The plan is to launch two carrier rockets to send ...

Some Smithsonian artifacts that memorialize these achievements might be closer to you than you realize. Through collaborations with affiliate organizations, the Smithsonian sponsors traveling ...

A late move to transfer the space shuttle Discovery from Virginia to Houston was blocked, at least for now, on a Senate procedural review.

The China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) announced a successful test of its pad-abort system for the in-development Mengzhou spacecraft this week. This represents an important step in ...

Mengzhou spacecraft, part of China’s ambitious manned lunar program, just proved it can save astronauts in under two minutes.