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China consolidates new commercial space regulator and industry roadmap
SpaceDaily · 3 Dec 2025
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 The China National Space Administration has set up a Commercial Space Department to serve as a dedicated regulator for the country's expanding private space sector. The new office is respo...
China and U.S. take initial steps toward space-traffic coordination
SpaceNews · 2 Oct 2025
SYDNEY, Australia – Yesterday, the China National Space Agency (CNSA) contacted NASA about a potential on-orbit collision. The CNSA message read, “We would like to recommend you hold still and we’ll do the maneuver,” Alv...
China opens 2028 Mars sample return mission to international cooperation
SpaceNews · 12 Mar 2025
HELSINKI — China is inviting interested parties to submit proposals to join the country’s pioneering Mars sample return mission, due to launch in late 2028. The China National Space Administration […]
Pakistan rover to fly on China’s Chang’e-8 lunar south pole mission
SpaceNews · 10 Feb 2025
HELSINKI — A Pakistan-developed rover will fly on China’s Chang’e-8 moon lander mission in 2028, following an agreement between respective agencies. The China National Space Administration (CNSA) and Space and […]
China adds Belarus as partner for ILRS moon base
SpaceNews · 23 Oct 2023
Belarus joined China's International Lunar Research Station program Monday, following a video conference with the China National Space Administration.
Three spacewalks completed across two days on two space stations
NASASpaceflight · 17 Nov 2022
In low Earth orbit (LEO) this week, NASA, Roscosmos, and the China National Space Administration (CNSA) performed spacewalks outside humankind’s two permanently-crewed space stations.
NASA Statement on China’s Zhurong Mars Rover Photos
NASA · 19 May 2021
NASA Administrator Sen. Bill Nelson issued the following statement Wednesday after the China National Space Administration’s release of the first photos from the Zhurong Mars rover:
ESA, CNSA heads discuss future space plans
SpaceNews · 7 Apr 2021
The heads of the European Space Agency and China National Space Administration held a video call April 1 to outline respective plans for the coming years.
Video replay of Chang’e 5’s landing on the moon
Spaceflight Now · 2 Dec 2020
The China National Space Administration released an accelerated video replay of the Chang’e 5 spacecraft’s landing in the Oceanus Procellarum region of the moon Tuesday.
China’s Chang’e 5 spacecraft enters lunar orbit
Spaceflight Now · 28 Nov 2020
Five days after taking off on a heavy-lift Long March 5 rocket, China’s Chang’e 5 sample return spacecraft entered orbit around the moon Saturday, moving into position for a descent to the lunar surface in a bid to gathe...