{"id":43806,"date":"2025-04-23T12:26:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T12:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/43806\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T12:26:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T12:26:11","slug":"chinas-moon-shot-2030-crewed-lunar-mission-tests-on-pace-space-agency-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/43806\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s moon shot: 2030 crewed lunar mission tests on pace, space agency says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">China\u2019s plans to put astronauts on the moon by 2030 remain on track with large-scale tests proceeding \u201cas scheduled\u201d, following the completion of early trials for lunar landing spacecraft duo Mengzhou and Lanyue, according to Chinese space authorities.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The current timeline to land the first humans on the moon this century still placed China\u2019s space programme behind the United States.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe overall development of various manned lunar missions \u2026 is progressing smoothly. The <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3266755\/chinas-long-march-10-rocket-enters-fast-lane-quest-put-astronauts-moon?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\">Long March 10<\/a> and Mengzhou spacecraft are carrying out prototype development and testing as planned,\u201d Lin Xiqiang, deputy director of the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA), said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Component tests that have been completed for the crewed lunar mission include thermal evaluations of the Lanyue lunar lander, which will transport crew members from the spacecraft to the moon\u2019s surface.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The agency was set to conduct the first comprehensive assessments of mission components, Lin said during an event to announce the Shenzhou 20 mission to China\u2019s Tiangong space station, which was expected to launch on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The next tests would focus on the safety and reliability of the Long March 10 \u2013 a three-stage <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3271690\/chinas-critical-third-stage-rocket-engine-passes-test-crewed-moon-mission?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\">superheavy rocket<\/a> \u2013 the Mengzhou crewed spacecraft, and the lunar lander, according to the agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"China\u2019s plans to put astronauts on the moon by 2030 remain on track with large-scale tests proceeding \u201cas&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43807,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3844],"tags":[2036,1395,24352,24344,24347,24353,14750,24346,24345,1497,874,24348,6026,70,24349,413,24351,24350,16,15,978],"class_list":{"0":"post-43806","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-artemis","9":"tag-china","10":"tag-cmsa","11":"tag-crewed","12":"tag-lanyue","13":"tag-long-march-10","14":"tag-lunar","15":"tag-mengzhou","16":"tag-mission","17":"tag-moon","18":"tag-nasa","19":"tag-orion","20":"tag-pakistan","21":"tag-science","22":"tag-shenzhou-20","23":"tag-space","24":"tag-spacecraft","25":"tag-tiangong","26":"tag-uk","27":"tag-united-kingdom","28":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114387273893843205","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}