As NASA unveils its plans for a manned landing on the moon, news has also emerged from the China Manned Spaceflight Agency (CMSA). As is known, before the manned landing of the CMSA team on the moon, planned for 2029, it is planned to conduct at least one unmanned test landing of the Lanyue vehicle. Recently, CMSA opened applications to freely place scientific payloads on the unmanned Lanyue. The limit is 50 kg for weight and 100 W for power consumption. Applications are open to local universities, research institutes and commercial organizations until March 1, 2027. The date of the mission has not been officially announced, but is expected to be 2028. Since we recently looked in detail at the Artemis 4 "clumsy" mission diagram, it's worth remembering what CMSA's manned landing diagram looks like (see photo 2): a CZ-10 rocket launches the Lanyue lander along with its booster and decelerator unit (both powered by combustible fuel) into low lunar orbit. Another CZ-10 launches the Anjou spacecraft with a crew of three into low lunar orbit, where it docks with the lander. Two staff members move to Lanyue, one stays in Manzhou. The accelerometer unit absorbs almost all of the orbital velocity and separates, crashing onto the surface of the moon (see image 3). Lanyue lands on the moon. At the end of the mission, Lanyue returns to low orbit on the moon. The team transfers back to Manzhou. The Manchu returns to Earth. end of mission As you can see, compared to NASA's plans, the CMSA mission is considerably more conservative: no orbital refueling and multiple dockings, no cryogenic fuel components on the lander, using only two launches of a CZ-10 rocket, and Manjou initially has no technical restrictions on entering low lunar orbit, unlike Orion.

As NASA unveils its plans for a manned landing on the moon, news has also emerged from the China Manned Spaceflight Agency (CMSA). As is known, before the manned landing of the CMSA team on the moon, planned for 2029, it is planned to conduct at least one unmanned test landing of the Lanyue vehicle. Recently, CMSA opened applications to freely place scientific payloads on the unmanned Lanyue. The limit is 50 kg for weight and 100 W for power consumption. Applications are open to local universities, research institutes and commercial organizations until March 1, 2027. The date of the mission has not been officially announced, but is expected to be 2028. Since we recently looked in detail at the Artemis 4 "clumsy" mission diagram, it's worth remembering what CMSA's manned landing diagram looks like (see photo 2): a CZ-10 rocket launches the Lanyue lander along with its booster and decelerator unit (both powered by combustible fuel) into low lunar orbit. Another CZ-10 launches the Anjou spacecraft with a crew of three into low lunar orbit, where it docks with the lander. Two staff members move to Lanyue, one stays in Manzhou. The accelerometer unit absorbs almost all of the orbital velocity and separates, crashing onto the surface of the moon (see image 3). Lanyue lands on the moon. At the end of the mission, Lanyue returns to low orbit on the moon. The team transfers back to Manzhou. The Manchu returns to Earth. end of mission As you can see, compared to NASA's plans, the CMSA mission is considerably more conservative: no orbital refueling and multiple dockings, no cryogenic fuel components on the lander, using only two launches of a CZ-10 rocket, and Manjou initially has no technical restrictions on entering low lunar orbit, unlike Orion.