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China’s lunar base push intensifies space race with the US

China is expanding an international coalition around a permanent lunar outpost, drawing 17 countries and organizations and more than 50 research institutions into its International Lunar Research ...

How China is challenging the U.S. to become the next great space power

In 2025, China set a national record for orbital launches in a single year with over 90 launches. Chinese investment in its commercial space sector, including from private and government sources, ...

Will China Beat the US Back to the Moon?

NASA is under enormous pressure to return astronauts to the Moon before China achieves its first crewed landing, but experts ...
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NASA resets Artemis, but China could still win the race to the Moon

NASA’s Artemis restructuring removes the Artemis III lunar landing, targets two Moon missions in 2028, and reflects growing concern about China’s lunar timeline.
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Artemis II highlights a shift in U.S. space strategy since Apollo and contrasts with China's closed program

This article originally appeared on The Conversation. When Apollo 13 looped around the Moon in April 1970, more than 40 million people around the world watched the United States recover from a ...
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NASA’s Artemis II crewed mission to the Moon shows how US space strategy has changed since Apollo – and contrasts with China’s closed program

Michelle L.D. Hanlon is affiliated with For All Moonkind, Inc. a non-profit organization focused on protecting human cultural heritage in outer space. When Apollo 13 looped around the Moon in April ...