2026-05-27
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The China Manned Space Agency recently announced that China's Chang'e 7 lunar exploration mission,
scheduled for launch in the second half of this year,
will conduct environmental and resource surveys of the Moon's South Pole and carry out international cooperation.
Zhang Jingbo, the agency's spokesperson, said, "The Chang'e 7 mission will employ a comprehensive exploration approach
encompassing orbiting, landing, roving and hopping." In April this year, the Chang'e 7 lunar probe was delivered
to the launch site in the southern island province of Hainan, where it is undergoing pre-launch preparations.
Zhang revealed that all related work is progressing steadily as planned.
Besides the unmanned moon mission, China is targeting a crewed lunar landing by 2030. According to Zhang,
the country has integrated its existing crewed lunar landing
and unmanned lunar exploration efforts into a unified moon exploration project.
Earlier this year, China successfully conducted a low-altitude demonstration
and validation test for the Long March 10 rocket system,
along with a maximum dynamic pressure abort flight test for the crewed spacecraft system Mengzhou.
Zhang added, "These tests have laid a solid foundation for the development of a future reusable crewed space-Earth
transportation system and for crewed lunar landing." The spokesperson said that China will continue to organize