China Conducts Touchdown And Takeoff Tests Of Its Lunar Lander

China lunar lander test

China's crewed lunar lander at its test site in Huailai County in north China’s Hebei Province.

Credit: Xinhua
The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) has conducted landing and takeoff verification tests of the lunar lander that is expected to bring the first taikonauts to the Moon by 2030. The test took place at the Extraterrestrial Landing Test Site in Huailai County in Hebei Province, in North-East China, on...
Maxim Pyadushkin

In addition to writing for Aviation Week Network, Maxim holds a key position at Russia's Air Transport Observer magazine. In the past he was in charge of several ATO’s sister aerospace publications and earlier worked for Moscow-based CAST defense think-tank.

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