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Huailai, Hebei, August 7 (Xinhua) – China announced Thursday that it has successfully led a complete landing and takeoff test of its inhabited lunar landing on a test site located in the Huailai district, in the province of Hebei.
This test, which ended on Wednesday, represents a major step in the development of the inhabited lunar exploration program of China. It is also the first time that China has been carrying out an extraterrestrial landing and takeoff test of a inhabited spacecraft, said the Chinese agency for inhabited space flights.
This lunar landing, baptized Lanyue (“Stop the Moon”), consists of a landing module and a propulsion module. It is a newly developed spacecraft designed to carry out inhabited missions to and from the Moon.
It will be used to transport two taikonauts between the lunar orbit and its surface, while providing a lunar rover and other scientific equipment. After landing, the machine will serve as a survival, energy and data center, offering assistance and serving as a reception place for the stay and the activities of the Taikonauts on the lunar surface.
Note that the test was complicated, with a long cycle and technical challenges, the agency said that this success represented a breakthrough in the research and development of the Lunar Exploration Program of China.
China aims to a landing of its taikonauts on the moon by 2030, in order to conduct a scientific exploration. END
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