China plans to achieve 1st crewed lunar landing

China plans to achieve its first crewed lunar landing before 2030, Wang Xiang, deputy chief designer of China’s manned space program, said Saturday at the Seventh Manned Space Symposium in Beijing.Three astronauts are planned for the mission, with two landing on the lunar surface, Wang said.

According to the China Manned Space Agency, work is progressing steadily on all lunar-landing phase tasks.The agency also said the China Space Station will open to scientists worldwide as a platform for space science experiments, with a goal to deeper cooperation in research, astronaut training, joint flights, and science outreach.