Bid by Pyongyang to launch a second spy satellite on Monday night fails, when a newly developed liquid fuel rocket motor exploded over the Yellow Sea

Putin will attend an event marking 75 years of bilateral ties. He is due to meet Premier Li Qiang to discuss economic cooperation, and will also visit Harbin, a city with strong ties to Russia

Chang’e-6 will lay the groundwork for a planned historic manned mission to the lunar south pole in 2030

Alibaba's online shopping platform is working with a startup developing reusable rockets that aim to fly cargo to countries around the world, similar to Elon Musk's SpaceX

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

SpaceX signed a $1.8-billion contract in 2021 with the National Reconnaissance Office, which will manage a network of hundreds of low-earth satellites. China and others look to have similar plans

The space startup still claimed the failed launch was "a big step forward" because the rocket had autonomously aborted the flight, as programmed

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

China has allocated 1.67 trillion yuan ($230.6 billion) to military spending this year. Meanwhile, Beijing dropped reference to 'peaceful reunification' with Taiwan, a term used in previous reports

Hanoi looks to have denied SpaceX's request for an easing of rules on foreign ownership of telecom firms with network infrastructure

The probe unexpectedly survived a two-week lunar night after touching down on the lunar surface and falling over, severing contact with ground control

US lawmakers want Musk to appear on Capitol Hill next week to explain the lack of satellite internet access for the US military in and around Taiwan