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China’s moon mission saw the Chang’e-5 space lander make a historic collection of samples from the lunar surface.
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Former Nasa chief calls for new US approach to moon landing – much like China’s

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A former Nasa chief told Congress that the Artemis III mission and those beyond should be cancelled and the US “should start over”. Photo: TNS

Over 10 years in the making: China launches 2,000km-wide AI computing hub

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Chinese scientists say their innovation means computing centres separated by distance but linked by optical network could work together almost as efficiently as a single giant computer. Image: Shutterstock

How China pulled off a critical mineral tech revolution in just 10 months

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Code talker 2025? PLA frontline troops are testing portable quantum radio devices

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The PLA’s Information Support Force takes part in a large-scale military parade in Beijing on September 3. Photo: Xinhua

China-born architect Wang Fei dies in suspected car crash in London

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The China Academy of Art has confirmed that Wang Fei, who taught at Syracuse University in New York state, died on Monday. He was 45. Photo: Handout
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Chinese researchers say the Chang’e 6 mission collected 1,935.3 grams of samples from the far side of the moon. Photo: Xinhua
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Chang’e-6 study shows asteroid strike may have altered moon’s far-side mantle

Meanwhile, researchers across Nasa and American government departments may be locked out from Chinese findings due to US budget cuts.

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Mengzhou spacecraft for China’s moon-landing mission passes landmark test flight

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China uses powerful radar to search for ice that can make or break moon race

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China’s daytime laser ranging breakthrough takes moon race to new heights

The test by China’s Deep Space Exploration Laboratory (DSEL) expands the limits of the technology and is expected to help achieve future deep space missions.

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China’s Tiandu-1 satellite has taken part in a laser ranging experiment in Earth-moon space under strong daylight conditions, which the satellite’s developer said is a first. Image: CCTV
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US scientists given access to moon rocks brought back by China’s Chang’e-5 probe

Chinese space agency says American scientists will be among the international researchers allowed to study lunar samples.

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Chinese scientists propose a giant telescope on the far side of the moon

Array would leverage robotic and crewed lunar missions and China-led International Lunar Research Station set to take shape by 2035.

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Moon’s magnetic pull lasted much longer than thought: Chinese study

Lunar rocks collected by China’s Chang’e-5 mission reveal new details that may offer key insights into planetary habitability and evolution.

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Samples collected by China’s Chang’e-5 lunar mission have shown that the moon’s magnetic field lasted much longer than previously thought. Photo: Shutterstock
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The English impediment: why Chinese scientists can’t use Chinese

In the world of science, English is the standard language. But could this be limiting talented Chinese academics?

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World first as Chinese sample reveals ‘young’ volcanic activity on moon’s far side

Chinese and US scientists have come up with some surprising results after testing rock samples collected by the Chang’e-6 lunar mission.

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Recap | Musk casts shadow on China’s space ambitions, moon sample swap stalls and more space news

US-China space rivalry, stalled moon sample swap talks, Shenzhou’s pioneering female space flight engineer and more latest China space news.

Negotiations have come to a standstill over an planned exchange of lunar samples from China’s Chang’e-5, pictured on its return to Earth last December, and samples collected by America’s Apollo missions. Photo: Xinhua via AP
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Exclusive | Hopes dim for China and US space agencies to exchange moon samples

Space officials in China and the United States have been discussing a swap but Nasa has not been forthcoming, sources say.

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Negotiations have come to a standstill over an planned exchange of China’s Chang’e-5 lunar samples, pictured, and samples collected by America’s Apollo missions. Photo: Xinhua via AP
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Will these be the building blocks of China’s base on the moon?

Researchers in Wuhan simulate lunar soil to create what could become the foundations of a space outpost.

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How a Chinese lunar probe and 3 glass beads rewrote the moon’s geological past

New analysis of mission samples reveals volcanoes were still erupting on the moon when dinosaurs walked the Earth.

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Chinese scientists devise method to get water from moon rocks

The technique, developed following a study of samples brought back by the Chang’e-5 mission, could be a key step to building a lunar base.

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Researchers have spent decades searching for water sources on the moon. Photo: Shutterstock
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Chinese team studying moon soil finds first trace of lunar water

Scientists find hydrated mineral ‘enriched’ with molecular water based on soil samples returned by Chang’e-5 mission in 2020.

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Chinese scientists, using a sample provided by CNSA, isolated more than 1,000 mineral clasts that include a crystal dubbed “unknown lunar mineral” (ULM-1) that contained water molecules. Photo: CNSA
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Editorial | Shot at latest moon rocks helps Hong Kong lift off

Hong Kong Polytechnic University hopes to compare lunar soil collected by China’s Chang’e-6 mission from far side with nearside samples of Chang’e-5.

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Hong Kong researchers eye far side of moon soil samples from Chang’e-6 mission

Polytechnic University also says it recently secured loan of lunar soil samples collected by Chang’e-5 mission in 2020.

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Video | What is China’s Chang’e-6 doing on the moon?

China’s Chang’e-6 touches down on far side of moon on mission to bring rock samples back to Earth
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China’s Chang’e-6 lander touches down on far side of moon on rock sample mission

Probe lands on the South Pole-Aitken basin and will start collecting the first samples from this part of the moon.

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China’s Chang’e-6 blasts off to fetch samples from far side of the moon

Chinese spacecraft begins 53-day journey to collect soil and rocks and bring them back to Earth for scientific study.

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Chinese scientists may be a step closer to unravelling mystery of lunar surface

Two new minerals have been identified by researchers analysing moon soil samples collected by the Chang’e 5 mission.

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The minerals were probably formed as a result of intense vaporisation and deposition triggered by the constant, powerful bombardment of micrometeorites from space, the team says in Nature Astronomy. Photo: Chinese National Space Agency Lunar Exploration and Space Engineering Center
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3 Chinese satellites enter lunar orbit, fate of 2 that fell short isn’t clear

Queqiao-2 communication relay satellite arrived 440km above the moon’s surface early on Monday, says CNSA; state media says ‘work is under way to address’ DRO-A/B satellites that failed to reach their designated altitude after March 13 launch.

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A Long March-8 rocket, carrying the relay satellite Queqiao-2 for Earth-moon communications, blasts off at the Wenchang Space Launch Centre on March 20. Photo: Reuters
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Can Chinese scientists solve the mysteries presented by Chang’e 5 moon samples?

Soil samples brought to Earth by Chinese moon mission show unique mineral was likely produced in Aristarchus crater and ejected northward to sample site.

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Video | China launches new communications relay satellite

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China launches relay satellite to allow communication with far side of the moon

Queqiao-2 lifted off atop a Long March 8 rocket at 8.31am on Wednesday, along with smaller satellites Tiandu-1 and 2 that will orbit the moon to test and verify navigation and communications technologies.

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On Wednesday, the Long March 8 Yao-3 rocket carrying the Queqiao-2 relay satellite for the fourth phase of China’s lunar exploration project lifted off at the Wenchang launch site in China. Photo: Xinhua
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Moon miss: Chinese satellites fail to reach planned orbit for lunar test

‘The satellites have not been inserted into their designated orbit, and work is under way to address this problem,’ Chinese state media says.

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A Long March 2C rocket lifted off with satellites DRO-A and B from Xichang Satellite Centre on Wednesday night. Photo: Xinhua
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Surveillance on the moon? China to take its mass camera network to outer space

Chinese aerospace agencies outline how 600 million-camera Skynet inspires system to watch assets at lunar research station and track foreign visitors arriving on and leaving the moon.

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Beleaguered Peregrine mission could put US behind China in moon race: expert

It may be a good idea to test out propulsion and lander technologies first in space, author and space policy expert at Arizona State University says.

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