The initial plan for manned lunar landing in China has been announced. Landers | Spaceships | China
Zhang Hailian, Deputy Chief Engineer of the China Manned Space Engineering Office, revealed this morning at the 9th China Commercial Aerospace Summit Forum held in Wuhan that China plans to achieve manned landing on the moon for scientific exploration before 2030. Afterwards, China will explore the construction of a lunar research and testing station to carry out systematic and continuous lunar exploration and related technology testing and verification.
At present, the preliminary plan for manned lunar landing in China is to use two carrier rockets to respectively deliver the lunar lander and manned spacecraft to the lunar orbit for in orbit rendezvous and docking, and astronauts will enter the lunar lander from the spacecraft. Afterwards, the lunar lander will descend separately and land in the designated area on the lunar surface, and astronauts will land on the moon to conduct scientific research 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, and manned lunar rovers.