New Delhi: China has announced that it has successfully conducted a landing and takeoff test of its crewed lunar lander at a dedicated test site in Hauailai County, in North China’s Hebei Province. The tests were completed last Wednesday, and are a significant step in China’s crewed lunar exploration programme, and the first test demonstrating the landing and takeoff capabilities of a spaceship by the China Manned Space Agency. The lunar landing consists of a landing module and a propulsion module, and is a brand new spaceship developed specifically for providing access to the lunar surface.

The Chinese lunar lander has a capacity to transport two taikonauts or Chinese astronauts between lunar orbit and the lunar surface, and can........

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