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China has announced details of a manned lunar landing before 2030. It will launch twice with two Long March 10 rockets, rendezvous and dock in lunar orbit, and send a three-person crew to complete the lunar landing and return.
China is planning to land on the moon before 2030. Wang Jiang, chief designer of China’s lunar exploration project, disclosed details at an academic event on the 31st, saying that the manned lunar landing will be achieved using the method of “two launches, one moon landing”. The astronaut crew will consist of three people, two of whom will land on the lunar surface.
The Global Times reported that the “Seventh Manned Space Academic Conference” organized by the China Manned Space Engineering Office was held at Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics on the 31st. Wang Jiang, deputy chief designer of China’s manned space engineering and chief designer of the lunar exploration project, said at the conference that China’s first manned lunar exploration plan will adopt the lunar orbit docking flight mode.
According to reports, this mode will first use two Long March 10 launch vehicles to send the lander into lunar orbit, and then launch a manned spacecraft to achieve rendezvous and docking with the lander. Astronauts will enter the lander and separate from the manned spacecraft and land on the lunar surface to carry out relevant scientific exploration activities. After completing the mission, the astronauts ascended above the lunar surface in a lander, achieved a second rendezvous and docking with a manned spacecraft in lunar orbit, and returned to Earth in a manned spacecraft.
Wang Jiang also noted that China’s first manned lunar exploration mission is planned to include a crew of three, two of whom will land on the lunar surface.
China plans to intensively conduct three unmanned lunar orbit verification missions and one manned lunar landing mission at the Wenchang Space Launch Site in Hainan between 2028 and 2030. It also marks the official move of China’s manned spaceflight project from low-Earth orbit to cislunar space.
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China plans to achieve its first manned lunar landing by 2030, and between 2028 and 2030, it will conduct three unmanned lunar orbiter verification missions, and then carry out a manned lunar landing mission.
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The mission adopts the “two launches, one moon landing” mode, using two Long March 10 carrier rockets to first send the lander into lunar orbit, then launch the manned spacecraft for rendezvous and docking, and then land on the moon.
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The first manned lunar exploration mission is expected to consist of three people, two of whom will land on the lunar surface to conduct scientific exploration. After completion, the lander will return to lunar orbit to rendezvous with the spacecraft and return to Earth.
