A new Chinese rocket took off on its debut mission, marking a major step in Beijing’s effort to catch up with Elon Musk’s Starlink.

China successfully launched the Long March 8A, a new heavy-lift rocket capable of carrying larger batches of satellites, marking a strategic move to challenge SpaceX's dominance in Earth's lower ...

A new Chinese carrier rocket designed to send up bigger batches of satellites in one launch made its first flight on Tuesday, boosting Beijing's strategy of countering U.S. billionaire Elon Musk's ...

After last week's jam-packed action in the launch business, things are a bit quieter this week. Much of the space ... This was China's most ambitious reusable rocket demonstration flight to ...

HELSINKI — China will launch a pair of low-cost space station resupply spacecraft this year on new commercial launch vehicles ...

China has forged nearly two-dozen pacts with African nations in its bid to surpass the U.S. in space. Investments in ...

The European Space Agency is set to launch a joint space science ... and the mission and science operations. — China's mysterious space plane returns to Earth after 268 days in orbit — China ...

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