China roadmaps ambitious space projects, starting with 11 launches in next two years
By Deng Xiaoci Source: Global Times Published: 2020/12/18 18:28:48 Last Updated: 2020/12/19 0:36:30 Space station building focus on next two years’ schedule
China s Chang e-5 successfully landed at its designated landing area in Siwangzi Banner, N China s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region around 2 am Thursday, carrying around 2 kgs of lunar samples. Photos show workers checking craft s status. Photo: Our Space/ Wang Jiangbo
Closely following the complete success of Chang e-5 lunar sample return mission on Thursday, China s National Space Administration (CNSA) disclosed plans for a slew of ambitious space projects that include a new three-step plan for the country s future moon and deeper space exploration missions, which Wu Yanhua, the CNSA deputy head, referred to as surveying, constructing, and exploiting, as opposed to the already conquered goals of orbiting, landing and returning.