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China Plans to Build Moon Station with Russia, Signs Deal ... - 2paragraphs Chinese leader Xi Jinping, DoD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons NASA is not immune to DOGE’s threats of sweeping layoffs. According to the space agency, approximately 5% of the roughly 18,000 NASA employees accepted the resignation offer of President Donald Trump ’s Deferred Resignation Program. [Note: SpaceX owner Elon Musk has been at the forefront of DOGE activities, so his relationship with NASA has raised concerns of “ vast conflicts-of-interest ” from members in Congress who point out that SpaceX is NASA’s second-largest contractor with more than $2 billion in agency contracts. Also of note: SpaceX executive Michael Altenhofen recently joined NASA as a “senior advisor to the NASA Administrator.”] While American politicians argue about cutting back the federal workforce and budget, the People’s Republic of China announced that for the first time in the country’s history that it will allow foreigners to participate in short-term missions on China’s Tiangong space station. According to Reuters (via Xinhua, the official state news agency of the People’s Republic of China…

China may land on Moon before US does it again — NASA chief We are very much in a space race right now, and the Chinese are moving at incredible speeds, Jared Isaacman said

🌏 [CHINA] US, CHINA IN NEW MOON RACE: GORDON CHANG ON WHY LUNAR BASES MATTER NASA SAYS IT IS ACCELERATING PLANS TO ESTABLISH A PERMANENT AMERICAN PRESENCE ON THE MOON. THIS COMES AS CHINA ALSO RACES TO LAND AST... - $SOURCE$ ⚡ Live alerts: https://t.me/tickertap_alerts

NASA chief says China may soon outsmart US in space exploration In an exciting twist of cosmic competition, China and the United States have sparked a modern space race aimed at lunar exploration. With NASA's Artemis program facing delays, China is quickly advancing its goals. This fierce rivalry focuses on securing lunar resources and establishing a lasting foothold on the Moon, potentially paving the way for humanity's next giant leap towards Mars.

Space race heats up between US, China as NASA lays out Moon base plans NASA has unveiled its plans to send humans to the Moon, which include establishing a permanent presence on Earth's nearest satellite by the 2030s. It comes as China moves ahead with its own lunar ambitions, launching three astronauts into outer space. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks to Michelle L. D. Hanlon, Executive Director at the Center for Air and Space Law at the University of Mississippi.

'The next step for humanity as a whole': China’s space race with the US heats up NASA is ordering landers, rovers and drones for a sprawling moon base, less than two months after the Artemis II's record-breaking lunar flyaround. The space agency outlined the first phase of its moon base plans on Tuesday, awarding hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts to four US companies. And the Americans are not alone. On Sunday, the Chinese space agency launched Shenzhou-23 which will see an astronaut orbit the earth for a year. Its ambitions include having their own manned presence on the moon by 2035. For more, FRANCE 24’s Sharon Gaffney is joined by the 'Godmother of Space Law', Dr Michelle LD Hanlon, executive director of the Centre for Air and Space Law at the University of Mississippi.

China signs deal with Russia to build a power plant on the moon ... An illustration of a hypothetical Chinese moon base. China has announced a deal with Russia to build a lunar power plant by 2036. (Image credit: gremlin via Getty Images) Copy link Facebook X Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Share this article 9 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Russia has signed a deal with China to build a nuclear power plant on the moon. The Russian reactor will be used to power the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS), jointly led by China and Russia, and should be completed by 2036, according to a memorandum of cooperation signed by the two nations. The announcement comes just after NASA revealed a 2026 budget proposal that would axe the agency's plans for an orbital lunar base. The construction of the Chinese-Russian reactor will likely be carried out autonomously "without the presence of humans," according to a 2024 interview with Yury Borisov , director general of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, on the Russian state-owned news site TASS . While details of how this can be achieved remain unclear, Borisov added …