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Civil, News, Policy & Politics

Thailand joins China-led ILRS moon base initiative

by Andrew JonesApril 5, 2024April 5, 2024

Civil, News, Policy & Politics

China adds new moon base project partners, but struggles to attract national-level participation

by Andrew JonesMarch 28, 2024April 2, 2024

Image of the moon's far side with the Earth visible in the background against the blackness of space, captured by the 2014 Chang’e-5 T1 mission. The lunar surface appears gray and cratered, highlighting the rugged terrain of the moon.

China’s Queqiao-2 relay satellite enters lunar orbit

by Andrew JonesMarch 25, 2024March 25, 2024

Signatories of the Artemis Accords. Credit: NASA

Opinion, Policy & Politics

The advent of astropolitical alliances

by Dan RobitzskiJanuary 8, 2024January 3, 2024

Civil, News, Policy & Politics

Egypt joins China’s ILRS moon base initiative

by Andrew JonesDecember 7, 2023December 8, 2023

A panorama returned by the Chang'e-5 lander, showing robotic sampling arm and scoop marks in lunar regolith.

Civil, News, Policy & Politics

NASA researchers get permission to apply for China’s moon samples

by Andrew JonesDecember 1, 2023December 1, 2023

Civil, News, Policy & Politics

Emirati university signs up to China’s moon base project

by Andrew JonesNovember 20, 2023November 20, 2023

Civil, News, Policy & Politics

China adds Belarus as partner for ILRS moon base

by Andrew JonesOctober 23, 2023October 23, 2023

Civil, News, Policy & Politics

Pakistan becomes latest country to join China’s ILRS moon project

by Andrew JonesOctober 20, 2023October 20, 2023

3D render showing a planned moon base, energy, communications and transportation infrastructure on the sunlit lunar surface, including orbiting satellites and a distant Earth in the background.

Azerbaijan signs up to China’s international moon base project

by Andrew JonesOctober 8, 2023October 8, 2023