{
  "id": 18086536,
  "title": "China outlines plans for moonshot it hopes to land by 2030",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/china-outlines-plans-for-moonshot-it-hopes-to-land-by-2030-18086536",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-04T05:58:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Register",
    "slug": "the-register",
    "url": "https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/11/04/china-outlines-plans-for-moonshot-it-hopes-to-land-by-2030/5307457"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "China's crewed space program has set its sights on a moon landing by the year 2030, as outlined by Deputy Chief Designer Wang Xiang at the recent Seventh Manned Space Symposium. To achieve this goal, Chinese state media revealed plans for a two-pronged approach: launching two Long March 10 rockets, one carrying the lander \"Lanyue\" and the other the crew capsule \"Mengzhou.\" These vehicles are expected to rendezvous in orbit around the Moon, with two of the three Taikonauts aboard Mengzhou transferring to Lanyue and descending to the lunar surface. Prior to attempting the crewed landing, China plans to conduct near-Earth orbit test missions for both vehicles in the coming years, followed by an uncrewed visit to the Moon. The announcement came at the 70th anniversary event of China's space program, coinciding with Beijing's blueprint for space ambitions under its 15th five-year-plan. China suspended its lunar efforts in August when the Chang'e 7 robotic mission failed to meet launch criteria just one day before its planned launch. The organization has since published seventeen standards to regulate operations for the China Manned Space Engineering Office, including network architecture for space station and orbiters, signage standards, extravehicular activity procedures, and material choices for spacecraft construction.",
  "summary": "We have go for launch, and the ethernet and Wi-Fi standards that will make it happen",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}