Race to the Moon · China
Official target, as worded: Before 2030 (2030年前). China’s first crewed landing is a crewed landing mission in the Lunar Exploration Project (月球探测工程) programme by China Manned Space Agency, counted under China.
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Two Long March 10 launches; Mengzhou and the two-seat Lanyue lander meet in lunar orbit. Crew of three, two landing (Wang Xiang, 7th Manned Space Symposium, 31 Oct 2026, reported by Global Times; Mengzhou’s three seats to lunar orbit were in CMSA’s 2024 naming announcement). CMSA, 23 May 2026: go all out to achieve, "on schedule" (如期), the first Chinese landing before 2030. No launch sequence has been officially dated.
Official target, as worded: Before 2030 (2030年前).
China’s first crewed landing is a crewed landing mission in the Lunar Exploration Project (月球探测工程) programme by China Manned Space Agency, counted under China.
Scheduled. Two Long March 10 launches; Mengzhou and the two-seat Lanyue lander meet in lunar orbit.
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