Chinese military researchers have been studying the role of Starlink satellites in the Ukraine war and warned about its risks to Beijing, while calling for the creation of a similar network
China already has ambitious plans for long-term lunar habitation, starting with plans to land its first taikonauts on the Moon to using 3D printing technology to construct buildings on its surface
The launch marks a second straight win for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency after its lunar lander, SLIM, achieved a "pinpoint" touchdown last month
Japan's most significant defence build-up since the Second World War has seen a wave of new investment in its domestic aerospace sector
US commander General Chance Saltzman said a direct line of communication between the Space Force and China could de-escalate tensions
The Indian Space Research Organisation said the craft had completed its mission and had now been put to ‘sleep'
The Indian mission was accomplished with a budget of about 6.15 billion rupees ($75 million), less than the cost to produce the 2013 Hollywood space thriller "Gravity”
The country's lunar spacecraft made a soft landing on the far side of the moon, days after a similar Russian lander, Luna-25, crashed
China will also launch three astronauts to its now fully operational space station on Tuesday, one of whom will be its first ever civilian to go to space
Computer glitches were blamed for postponement of the third test of Seoul’s homegrown Nuri rocket
The fully robotic rover has been in longer-than-expected hibernation since May 2022, when it entered a planned sleep mode
A robot tasked with making "lunar soil bricks" will also be launched during China's Chang'e 8 mission around 2028