China`s lonely parents tell of loss of only children as family holiday nears

Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 15:47

Chinese travel far and wide to join their families for the Lunar New Year holiday, but for 60-year-old Xie, whose only child died seven years ago, China`s biggest holiday is a reminder that she faces old age with little in the way of financial support.

China eyes collection of lunar samples in 2017

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 17, 2013, 10:51

China aims to launch its next unmanned lunar probe in 2017, with the key aim of collecting and bringing back lunar samples, an official said on Monday, after the country`s first probe landed successfully on the moon over the weekend.

China plans to launch Chang`e 5 in 2017

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 20:05

China plans to launch lunar probe Chang`e 5 in 2017, the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence announced Monday.

Astronaut Chris Hadfield hopes for permanent base on moon

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 16:17

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield has said that the next logical step in space exploration would be a permanent base on the Moon.

China`s Jade Rabbit rover sends first moon photos

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 10:25

China`s Jade Rabbit rover sent back its first pictures from the moon, as state media on Monday lauded the first lunar soft landing in nearly four decades as a step forward for the "well-being" of the world.

China hails its lunar probe mission as complete success

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 02:08

A day after the country finished its first lunar soft landing, both the lander and moon rover were functioning well, said Pei Zhaoyu, spokesperson for China`s lunar probe programme.

China deploys `Jade Rabbit` lunar rover on moon

Last Updated: Saturday, December 14, 2013, 23:42

China has deployed its lunar rover vehicle on the moon, state media said early Sunday, hours after carrying out the first soft landing on Earth`s satellite since 1976 in a major step for Beijing`s ambitious space programme.

China`s first lunar rover set for Moon landing

Last Updated: Saturday, December 14, 2013, 09:59

A space module carrying China`s first lunar rover is scheduled to land on the moon Saturday evening, state media said, in a huge step for the Asian superpower`s ambitious space programme.

Falling debris of China`s Moon rover damages houses

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 11:25

Large pieces of debris from the rocket carrying China`s first Moon rover landed in a village more than a thousand kilometres from the launch site, damaging two houses.

India’s Mars Orbiter Mission spacecraft crosses lunar orbit

Last Updated: Monday, December 2, 2013, 18:42

India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), informally called ‘Mangalyaan’, crossed the distance of the Moon’s orbit on Monday morning, said the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

China successfully launches its lunar probe

Last Updated: Monday, December 2, 2013, 09:45

The launch of China`s lunar probe Chang`e-3 was "successful", the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre announced Monday.

`Exotic minerals` behind China`s obsession with Moon mission

Last Updated: Saturday, November 30, 2013, 21:10

Why is China so fixated on the moon? Well this obsession with the Moon is seemingly because of the moon being a `beautiful` source of minerals and energy, as said by a top Chinese scientist.