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Long March-5: China moves rocket into place for its first Mars mission

The rocket is due to blast off from the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in the southern island province of Hainan in late July or early August

China completes Mars lander test for 2020 mission to catch up with US

Earlier this year it made the first ever soft landing on the far side of the moon, deploying a rover on the surface

China's moon landing: Will it start a new race for space dominance?

The probe, Chang'e 4, is symbolic of the growth of the Chinese space program and the capabilities it has amassed, significant for China and for relations among the great power across the world

China explores far side of the moon: Science behind the mission explained

Chang'e is the name of the Chinese moon goddess - and Chang'e 4 builds on the success of the Chang'e 3 lander

China creates history, becomes first to land spacecraft on far side of moon

Change's 4 landed in the unexplored South Pole-Aitken basin, which is the largest, oldest and deepest crater on the moon's surface.

First in history! China's spacecraft nears landing on the far side of moon

China is only the third country - it followed the United States and Russia - to send its own astronauts into space aboard its own rockets

China launches first space-based broadband satellite in bid to rival Google

The Hongyun project, started in Sept 2016, aims to build a space-based communications network to provide broadband internet connectivity to users around the world

China to launch mission to land spacecraft on far side of moon on Saturday

With its Chang'e 4 mission, China hopes to be the first country to ever successfully undertake such a landing

China's space programme is coming for Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos

Billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Richard Branson are competing to put satellites, tourists, or both in space in their bids to become cheaper alternatives to NASA

China successfully launches two remote-sensing satellites for Pakistan

The PRSS-1, which is China's first optical remote sensing satellite sold to Pakistan, will be used for land and resources surveying, monitoring of natural disasters and agri research among other uses

China to launch manned space mission on Monday

The mission will send two astronauts to dock with China's second experimental lab orbiting the earth for a month-long stay