China outlines plan for crewed moon landing
China will adopt a “two launches, lunar orbit rendezvous” architecture for its manned lunar exploration program, senior engineer Wang Xiang on Saturday announced at the 7th Manned Space Symposium in Beijing.
Under the scheme, separate rockets will launch the Mengzhou crewed spaceship and Lanyue lunar lander into Earth-moon transfer orbit. The spacecraft will dock in lunar orbit, allowing… Details