by China’s plans to set boots on the moon by 2030 are on the right track with the tests according to the schedule, according to the country’s space agency, after an early trial against the spaceship of the moon landing last week.
The timeline of the Asian giant, to land on the moon again on the moon, is still behind the schedule of Artemis II occupation mission of NASA, which was delayed by 2027.
Last week, the Chinese space agency announced the successful examination of its prototype Mengzhou of the next generation reusable space vehicles and Lanyue Lanar Surface Landers and added that its development “smoothly progress”, SCMP reported.
In the following months, the space authority plans to test the security and reliability of the country’s three-stage Super Heavy rocket on March 10 and the Mengzhou spaceship.
Mengzhou has two modules, one that would return to earth, and another consumable module to offer a crew of about six astronauts in space, power and life preservation.
“As planned, the SpaceCraft on March 10 and Mengzhou will carry out prototype development and tests,” said Lin Xiqiang, deputy director of the China Mann Space Agency (CMSA).
Other soil tests would also rate the emergency escape systems of the spacecraft that were developed to bring the crew to safety in the event of a start failure.
In previous reports, the space agency expected the spaceship to reach the crew’s flight ability around 2027-2028.
“We will endeavor to ensure the successful completion of all tests in order to lay a solid basis for the start of the man in the moon as planned,” said the deputy director of CMSA.
In the meantime, the Artemis III mission of NASA was exposed to a series of delays on the moon surface.
Both the Chinese and American missions strive for a landing near the moon-south pole, which are assumed that they are rich in water iron, a resource that is critical of the construction of bases.
In December, NASA announced that its mission to put boots on the moon would delay in mid -2027 after problems with the heat sign on their spaceship from Orion were discovered.
Extensive tests showed that the material on the heat plate of the spacecraft decreases differently than expected.
The heat plate is intended to offer heat protection for Orion’s crew from almost 2,760 degrees Celsius (5,000 degrees Fahrenheit) of the temperatures that are generated when Orion returns through the earth’s atmosphere.
The American Space Agency has tested changes to Orion’s trajectory and improvements to the heat plate to ensure that the spaceship can protect the crew.
“The updates of our mission plans are a positive step to ensure that we can safely achieve our goals on the moon and develop the technologies and skills needed for crewmars missions,” said Catherine Koerner, Associate Administrator of Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorates.
