China Plans “Two Launches, Lunar Orbit Rendezvous” to Land Taikonauts on Moon
China plans to send taikonauts to the Moon by 2030 using a two-launch, lunar-orbit rendezvous approach, Wang Xiang said at a Beijing symposium. Mengzhou and Lanyue would launch separately, dock in lunar orbit, and carry two crew to the surface, with three uncrewed tests planned before the crewed landing.