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August 27th, 2025
Image credit: CCTV/Inside Outer Space screengrab
China’s quest to land the country’s astronauts on the moon by 2030 is on full throttle.
That was clearly evident in an August 15 ground test of the first stage propulsion system of the Long March 10 (CZ-10) launch vehicle, China’s in-development rocket to boost a crewed spacecraft and a two-person lunar lander toward the Moon.
The recent static fire test of the Long March-10 follows a progression of other humans-to-the-moon milestones this year by China.
China completed a comprehensive test of its crew-carrying Moon lunar lander Lanyue in north China’s Hebei Province, August 6, 2025. Image credit: CGTN//China Media Group.
There was a successful zero-altitude escape flight test in June of the Mengzhou crewed spacecraft, as well as an August landing and takeoff test of the Lanyue piloted lunar lander.
For more information, go to my new Space.com story – “China is making serious progress in its goal to land astronauts on the moon by 2030” at:
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