On October 2nd 2023, during the 74th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), the China National Space Administration released an announcement on international cooperation opportunities for the Chang’e-8 mission….
As an important task of the fourth phase of the lunar exploration project, Chang’e 8 is planned to be launched around 2028. It will carry out lunar multi-physical field and regional geological profile detection and research, lunar-based earth observation and research, and lunar in-situ sample analysis and resources. In-situ utilization and experiments and research on small closed terrestrial ecosystems in the lunar surface environment will form a basic type of lunar scientific research station together with Chang’e-7 and others.
Chang’e 8 Lunar Mission brief .. Main goal is to build a basic model of the lunar research station with Chang’e 7 Lunar Mission.. in which Modules consist of A lander, a Rover, and Operational Robot.. the Launch schedule within the Launch calendar of 2028 of using the International Icon the Chang Zheng- Long March 5 Carrier Rocket variant launching from Wenchang Space Launch Center, Wenchang, Hainan Province, China, People’s Republic of China….
China’s lunar exploration project adheres to the principles of “equality, mutual benefit, peaceful utilization, and win-win cooperation” and opens up opportunities for international cooperation on Chang’e-8 to the international community. Countries and international organizations are welcome to join and carry out mission-level, system-level, and stand-alone-level cooperation to jointly achieve More major original scientific discoveries will jointly promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind.
➥International cooperation on the Chang’e-8 mission will give priority to mission-level cooperation that can carry out inter-vehicle interaction and joint detection, lunar surface robots with basic lunar surface operating capabilities, as well as other complementary scientific payloads and scientifically innovative cooperation projects.
➥The Chang’e-8 lander is open to 200kg payload resources, and the independent module mass does not exceed 100kg, which is used to carry out system-level and stand-alone-level cooperation projects.
➥The deadline for submitting a letter of intent for the Chang’e-8 mission international cooperation project is December 31, 2023. It is planned to complete the preliminary selection in April 2024 and the final selection in September to confirm the cooperation project.
The fourth, fifth and sixth phases of China’s lunar exploration project, deep space exploration launch schedule: The
fourth phase of the lunar exploration project: Chang’e 4 will be launched in 2018, Chang’e 6 will be launched in 2024, Chang’e 7 will be launched in 2026, Chang’e 8 will be launched in 2028
The fifth phase of the lunar exploration project: manned lunar landing in 2030
The sixth phase of the lunar exploration project: the International Lunar Research Station is launched in 2031
Deep space exploration: Tianwen-2 is launched in 2025 Tianwen-3 is launched in 2028 Tianwen-4 is launched in 2030 launch
CG video of China’s manned moon landing— plans to realize the first Chinese landing on the moon before 2030, carry out lunar scientific investigations and related technical experiments, and make breakthroughs and master key technologies such as manned ground-to-moon round trips, short-term stays on the lunar surface, and joint man-machine exploration , form an independent manned lunar exploration capability, promote manned spaceflight technology from near-Earth to deep space, and greatly enhance China’s ability to enter space and use space. The main process of the manned mission to the moon is: first launch the lunar lander, the lunar lander is parked in the orbit around the moon, and then launch a new generation of manned spacecraft, and the spacecraft and the lander will rendezvous and dock in the orbit around the moon. Astronauts enter the lander from the spaceship, the lander separates from the spaceship and descends to the lunar surface, and the astronauts carry out activities on the lunar surface. After that, the Takionauts took off and ascended on the lander to dock with the spacecraft, and the astronauts entered the spacecraft. After the spacecraft separated from the lander’s lunar module, it returned to Earth….
Basic introduction of manned lunar exploration missions and aircraft— the new generation of manned spacecraft is a new type of space-to-earth round-trip transport aircraft that is fully upgraded and developed on the basis of Shenzhou spacecraft. It adopts a modular design and consists of a return module and a service module. It is mainly used for my country’s manned lunar exploration missions, taking into account the operation of near-Earth space stations. It has the characteristics of high safety, high reliability, multi-mission support, and reusability. The lunar landing mission can carry 3 Takionauts to and from the ground and orbit around the moon. Earth-orbit missions can carry seven astronauts to and from the ground and the space station.
The lunar lander is a newly developed extraterrestrial celestial body manned descent and ascent vehicle, which consists of a lunar module and a propulsion module. It is mainly used to transport astronauts between the lunar orbit and the lunar surface. It can carry 2 Takionauts back and forth, and can carry lunar rover and scientific payload. It has high safety, high reliability, high lunar landing accuracy, and strong ability to adapt to the lunar surface environment. With other characteristics, it is the lunar surface life center, energy center and data center for astronauts after landing on the moon, supporting lunar surface residency and lunar surface activities….
The lunar rover mounted on the lunar module The Chinese manned lunar rover weighs about 200 kilograms, and can take two astronauts to carry out lunar sampling and corresponding lunar surface experiments within a range of 10 kilometers.
长征十号 At 22nd 23rd July 2023 Hong Kong SAR- Beijing time , China- People’s Republic of China- CNSA –China National Space Administration Successfully Carrier Rocket engine tested for the New Next Generation Chang Zheng – Long March 10 Manned Lunar mission landing Carrier rocket freighter The main engine of China’s manned lunar landing rocket Long March 10 completed another ignition test run yesterday, which verified all the requirements of the rocket mission for the engine, and provided strong support for the solidification of the engine’s technical status, the establishment of product technology baselines, and the improvement of reliability.
The engine used in this test run uses advanced liquid oxygen kerosene as fuel, which is improved and iterated from the high-thrust liquid oxygen kerosene engine used by the new generation of launch vehicles such as the active Long March 5, with a thrust of 130 tons. (The Sixth Academy of Aerospace Science and Technology Group)
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The reporter learned from China Aerospace Science and Technology Group Co., Ltd. on July 23 that the main engine of my country’s manned moon landing rocket was tested in the Fengzhou Test Area of the Sixth Academy of Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, and achieved continuous success. This test run verified the engine flight mission profile, and provided strong support for the solidification of the engine technical state, the establishment of the product technical baseline, and the improvement of reliability.
The engine is the power source of the rocket, and its development process is very complicated. Test run is an important link in the engine development process, and there are dozens of types. In layman’s terms, engine test run is the process of igniting the engine and verifying the rationality of its design scheme and process reliability. This is an indispensable and important part of the development and delivery of a type 1 engine. It will run through all stages before and after engine development. Each stage of test run has different meanings, and the ignition time varies from a few seconds to hundreds of seconds.
It is reported that the engine used in this test run uses advanced liquid oxygen kerosene as fuel, which is improved and iterated from the high-thrust liquid oxygen kerosene engine used by the new generation of launch vehicles such as the Long March 5. The thrust reaches 130 tons. The R&D team of the Sixth Academy of Aerospace Science and Technology Group adheres to the concept of digital design, and has successively overcome key technical problems such as engine start-up and shutdown sequence, engine wide-range continuously variable thrust, and engine long life and high reliability.
In addition, the continuous success of the test run has fully verified the reliability of a number of new carrying process technologies. The engine production of this test run adopts the concept of intelligent manufacturing, and actively applies new materials, new processes, and new technologies. The inner wall of the thrust chamber of the core component adopts a new protective coating, key assemblies adopt automatic welding technology, and a large number of components adopt 3D printing technology.
During the preparation of the engine test run, the participants in the research and test conducted tests and verifications on each subsystem of the test through comprehensive means such as digital modelling, simulation calculation, and system debugging. The successful test run shows that the test area has greatly improved the multi-station parallel test run capability and test efficiency by optimizing the workflow.
On July 12, 2023, the Ninth China (International) Commercial Aerospace Summit Forum opened in Wuhan. This forum is jointly directed by China National Space Administration, China Meteorological Administration, China Manned Space Engineering Office, Hubei Provincial People’s Government, Wuhan Municipal People’s Government, China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, China Electronics Technology Co., Ltd. It is co-sponsored by Group Co., Ltd., China Aerospace Foundation and Chinese Society of Astronautics. Ji Qiming, Assistant Director of China Manned Space Engineering Office, Zhang Hailian, Deputy Chief Designer of China Manned Space Engineering and other leaders attended the forum.
Ji Qiming, assistant director of the China Manned Space Engineering Office, said in his opening speech that commercial aerospace is a new force in my country’s aerospace field and has become an indispensable force in my country’s aerospace industry. The Commercial Aerospace Summit Forum strives to bring together experts, scholars and relevant superior resources in the aerospace field at home and abroad, and actively builds a well-known platform for exchanges, cooperation and achievements in the industry. It is an important witness, companion and promoter of my country’s commercial aerospace development. All along, China’s manned space program has attached great importance to the cultivation, development and application of commercial space power.
Speech by Assistant Director Ji Qiming
Previously, the China Manned Space Engineering Office issued an announcement to the public on the solicitation of low-cost cargo transportation plans for the space station, and received many proposals from commercial aerospace companies. At present, the China Manned Space Engineering Office is soliciting from the whole society the manned lunar rover development plan and the space station space science and application project. In the future, the China Manned Space Engineering Office will continue to create more space for commercial aerospace forces to play a role in scientific payload carrying, on-orbit maintenance, space travel, and flight product development in accordance with the principles of openness, fairness and justice. Accumulate experience and lay the foundation for promoting the formation of a unified development pattern of manned spaceflight…commercialization with unified national management, active social participation, smooth transformation of achievements, and continuous improvement of benefits..
Deputy chief designer Zhang Hailian made a keynote speech
Zhang Hailian, deputy chief designer of China’s manned spaceflight project, made a keynote report on “Overall Considerations on the Development of my country’s Manned Lunar Exploration” in the main forum. The development steps of lunar exploration, expounding the preliminary flight plan of my country’s manned lunar exploration, and the main functions and performances of flight products such as a new generation of manned launch vehicles, a new generation of manned spacecraft, lunar landers, lunar rovers, and lunar landing suits. The main key technologies faced in the lunar scientific research and development stage, put forward the preliminary consideration of promoting the high-quality and high-efficiency development of the manned lunar exploration project with the help of commercial aerospace and social forces.
In addition, the crew of Shenzhou 16 Takionauts sent a video speech from the China Space Station, wishing the forum a complete success.
[Preliminary plan for manned moon landing announced]
Zhang Hailian, deputy chief engineer of the China Manned Space Engineering Office, disclosed at the Ninth China (International) Commercial Space Summit Forum held in Wuhan that morning that my country plans to realize manned landing on the moon by 2030 Carry out scientific exploration, and then explore the construction of a lunar scientific research and experiment station, and carry out systematic and continuous lunar exploration and related technology test verification. At present, China’s preliminary plan for manned moon landing is:
🔷Use two carrier rockets to send the lunar lander and the manned spacecraft to the lunar orbit for rendezvous and docking in orbit, and the astronauts enter the lunar lander from the spacecraft. 🔷Afterwards, the lunar lander will descend and land on the predetermined area of the lunar surface alone, and the astronauts will land on the moon to carry out scientific investigation and sample collection.
🔷After completing the scheduled tasks, the astronauts will take the lander to ascend to the orbit around the moon to rendezvous and dock with the spacecraft, and carry samples back to Earth on the spacecraft. To accomplish this task, Chinese scientific researchers are developing equipment such as the Long March 10 carrier rocket, a new generation of manned spacecraft, a lunar lander, and a manned lunar rover..
China plans to realize manned landing on the moon to carry out scientific exploration before 2030, and then will explore the construction of a lunar scientific research and experimental station to carry out systematic and continuous lunar exploration and related technical test verification.
At present, China’s preliminary plan for manned landing on the moon is:
use two carrier rockets to send the lunar lander and the manned spacecraft to the lunar orbit for on-orbit rendezvous and docking, and the astronauts enter the lunar lander from the spacecraft.
Afterwards, the lunar lander will descend and land on the predetermined area of the lunar surface alone, and the astronauts will land on the moon to carry out scientific investigation and sample collection.
To accomplish this task, Chinese scientific researchers are developing equipment such as the Long March 10 carrier rocket, a new generation of manned spacecraft, a lunar lander, and a manned lunar rover. (China Manned Spaceflight Office🇨🇳The latest CG concept map of my country’s future manned lunar landing rover, lunar lander, and lunar scientific research and test station…
China Takionauts will land on the moon in this way
Zhang Hailian, deputy chief engineer of the China Manned Space Engineering Office, disclosed at the Ninth China (International) Commercial Aerospace Summit Forum held in Wuhan this morning that our country plans to Before 2030, realize manned landing on the moon to carry out scientific exploration, and then explore and build a lunar scientific research and test station to carry out systematic and continuous lunar exploration and related technology test verification.
At present, China, People’s Republic of China, preliminary plan for manned landing on the moon is: use two carrier rockets to send the lunar lander and the manned spacecraft to the Earth-Moon transfer orbit, the spacecraft and the lander will rendezvous and dock in the orbit around the moon, and the astronauts will enter from the spacecraft. Lunar lander. Afterwards, the lunar lander will descend and land on the predetermined area of the lunar surface, and the astronauts will land on the moon to carry out scientific investigation and sample collection. After completing the scheduled tasks, the astronauts will take the lander to ascend to orbit around the moon to rendezvous and dock with the spacecraft, and return to Earth with the spacecraft. To accomplish this task, Chinese researchers are developing equipment such as the Long March 10 carrier rocket, a new generation of manned spacecraft, a lunar lander, a lunar suit, and a manned lunar rover
Zhang Hailian, deputy chief engineer of the China Manned Space Engineering Office, disclosed at the Ninth China (International) Commercial Space Summit Forum held in Wuhan this morning that my country plans to realize manned landing on the moon to carry out scientific exploration before 2030, and then to explore and construct The Lunar Scientific Research and Experimental Station conducts systematic and continuous lunar exploration and related technology test verification.
