Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/GSFC HELSINKI — China plans to send a space observatory out of the plane of the ecliptic for a mission to study the poles of the sun. The Solar Polar Orbit Observatory ...

As a South China Morning Post report rightly put it, the achievement marks "a potential game-changer in hypersonic propulsion that could redefine the limits of air and space travel". It's an aeroplane ...

In 2025, China will continue to advance two major missions - the application and development of the China Space Station and preparations for manned lunar landing before 2030. Currently, crews for ...

The Shenlong was first announced in 2007, but China has publicly disclosed few details about the top-secret space plane program. There are no known images of the Shenlong, and among the few ...

However, 2031 remains a distant milestone. Meanwhile, the China-U.S. technological rivalry intensifies, and writing by Chinese experts about space is obsessed with the United States, seeing it ...

Australia protested Thursday what it described as an "unsafe and unprofessional" interaction over the South China ... space, Defense Minister Richard Marles said on Thursday. The Australian plane ...

MANILA, Philippines — China's "reckless" flight maneuvers against a Philippine plane carrying journalists and Coast Guard personnel are the "most dangerous" act yet by Beijing in the South China ...

Over the Scarborough Shoal, South China Sea — A Chinese navy helicopter flew within 10 feet of a Philippine patrol plane Tuesday in a disputed area of the South China Sea, prompting the Filipino ...

China and Australia traded accusations on Thursday over military activities in the South China Sea, with Beijing saying an Australian military plane “deliberately” intruded into Chinese ...

A Chinese navy helicopter flew within 10 feet (3 meters) of a Philippine patrol plane on Tuesday in a disputed area of the South China Sea, prompting the Filipino pilot to warn by radio ...

Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...