China's initial plan for manned lunar landing announced
The initial plan for China's manned moon landing has been announced, with plans to achieve scientific exploration before 2030
The China Manned Space Engineering Office announced on the 12th the initial plan for China's manned lunar landing, with plans to achieve scientific exploration before 2030.
At the 9th China Commercial Aerospace Summit Forum held in Wuhan on the same day, Zhang Hailian, Deputy Chief Designer of the China Manned Space Engineering Office, stated that China plans to achieve manned landing on the moon for scientific exploration before 2030. Afterwards, it will explore the construction of a lunar research and testing station, carry out systematic and continuous lunar exploration, and verify related technology experiments.
It is understood that the preliminary plan for China's manned lunar landing is to use two carrier rockets to respectively send the lunar lander and manned spacecraft to the Earth Moon transfer orbit. The spacecraft and lander will rendezvous and dock in the lunar orbit, and astronauts will enter the lunar lander from the spacecraft. Afterwards, the lunar lander will descend and land in the designated area on the lunar surface, and astronauts will land on the moon to conduct scientific investigations and sample collection. After completing the established mission, astronauts will ascend to the lunar orbit and rendezvous with the spacecraft on the lander, and return to Earth with samples on the spacecraft. To complete this task, Chinese researchers are developing equipment such as the Long March 10 carrier rocket, a new generation of manned spacecraft, lunar landers, lunar suits, and manned lunar rovers.
