NASA administrator weighs in on China’s historic lunar far side ... - CNN
Jul 1, 2024 · China is now aiming to land astronauts on the moon “before 2030,” while the US is shooting for “the latter part of 2026,” according to Nelson.
NASA's chief is worried about China getting back to the moon …
May 6, 2024 · NASA Administrator Bill Nelson told NPR he sees the U.S. in an urgent race with China to find water on the moon, and that he trusts SpaceX, despite Elon Musk's increasingly controversial...
NASA’s LRO Spots China’s Chang’e 6 Spacecraft on Lunar Far Side
Jun 14, 2024 · NASA’s LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) imaged China’s Chang’e 6 sample return spacecraft on the far side of the Moon on June 7. Chang’e 6 landed on June 1, and when LRO passed over the landing site almost a week later, it acquired an image showing the lander on the rim of an eroded, 55-yard-diameter (about 50 meters) crater.
China calls on scientists of all nations to ... - Associated Press News
Jun 27, 2024 · China’s space officials said Thursday they welcomed scientists from across the world to apply to study the lunar rock samples the Chang’e 6 probe brought back to Earth in a historic mission, but noted there were limits to that cooperation, specifically with the U.S.
NASA researchers get permission to apply for China’s moon …
Dec 1, 2023 · HELSINKI — NASA-funded researchers have been granted permission to apply for access to China’s Chang’e-5 lunar samples in an exception to a prohibition on bilateral activities.
China’s Chang’e-6 moon mission returns to Earth with historic ... - CNN
Jun 25, 2024 · China’s Chang’e-6 lunar module returned to Earth Tuesday, successfully completing its historic mission to collect the first ever samples from the far side of the moon in a major step...
US must beat China back to the moon, Congress tells NASA
Jan 17, 2024 · — China plans to put astronauts on the moon before 2030 — How China will land astronauts on the moon by 2030 — China to launch moon astronauts' new spacecraft for 1st time in 2027 or 2028
China won't beat US Artemis astronauts to the moon, NASA chief …
Jan 11, 2024 · After declaring last year that we're in a space race, NASA chief Bill Nelson is now unconcerned that China will beat the US in returning astronauts to the moon.
NASA opens door to cooperation with China on Moon rock …
Dec 7, 2023 · In what could become a rare case of U.S.-Chinese cooperation on space research, NASA is urging scientists it funds to apply to China’s space agency for access to the 1.7 kilograms of lunar soil and rock returned to Earth in 2020 by the Chang’e 5 mission.
NASA Administrator Statement on China Crewed Launch - NASA
Jun 17, 2021 · NASA Administrator Bill Nelson released the following statement Thursday regarding the China National Space Agency’s launch of the first crew to its Tiangong space station: “Congratulations to China on the successful launch of crew to their space station!