China Space Watch

NASA will be the ones taking data from these ongoing Chinese Robotic missions and using the findings to their own advantage.

On a personal note, it’s very clear much of what people in the U.S. and beyond hear is propaganda. China isn’t “copying and stealing” its way to the Moon or trailing behind. It’s advancing through fact-driven missions and major innovations, paving the way for a well-earned crewed lunar landing.

By incorporating the thermal properties of lunar soil at extremely low temperatures, the model simulates the distribution of surface radiation, soil temperature, and the areas where water ice is thermally stable, offering a more detailed and precise map of potential ice deposits.

Chinese scientists have created a high-res model to evaluate water ice stability in the Moon’s Shackleton Crater, a potential landing site for China’s Chang’e-7 mission. Launching in 2026, the mission will conduct detailed remote sensing and on-site analysis of water ice at the lunar south pole.

This just about says it all...

China: We're going to land on the moon before the 80th anniversary of the People's Republic of China.

US: We're going to land on the moon before the end of the Trump administration.

It is concerning, it's about 1.5 inches a year the Moon is moving away from Earth. I know at least at the current rate the Sun will expand and destroy the inner solar system before it happens. Hopefully nothing speeds it up!

I watched in 1969 too apparently, but i was still crawling. And probably got distracted by something else.🍼🧸😆

I'm old enough to remember Space 1999!

There may be advantages of departing from the Moon for exploration in our primitive rocket ships. There is also Helium 3 there, a potential clean fusion power source in the future, enough for thousands of years. The Moon's far side is an amazing place for Astronomers to place a Radio telescope too.

YouTube video by The Financial Express China Manned Space Agency Outlines 2026 Space Station Missions And Crewed Moon Landing Roadmap

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and the maximum dynamic pressure escape test for the Mengzhou spacecraft system.

Key tests have been completed, including the zero-height abort test for the Mengzhou spacecraft, the landing and takeoff test for the Lanyue lunar lander, the static fire test and the low-altitude demonstration and validation test for the Long March-10 rocket system

The development of major flight products, including the Long March-10 carrier rocket, the Mengzhou crewed spacecraft, and the Lanyue lunar lander, is proceeding smoothly.

🚩🚀🌕 It's all coming together! China is targeting a crewed lunar landing by 2030. The development of various tasks for the mission is progressing smoothly, with multiple breakthroughs achieved in phases, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).

Yes! 💛

China will continue advancing its space station operations and crewed lunar exploration in 2026, the CMSA announced. The station remains stable in orbit, while research, development, and construction for the lunar landing phase are progressing steadily, with major breakthroughs achieved.

China on Friday announced its 2026 space mission plan, featuring two crewed flights and one cargo resupply mission. One Shenzhou-23 taikonaut will conduct a year-long stay in orbit. Taikonauts from Hong Kong and Macao are expected to visit China’s space station as early as this year, per CMSA.

China's Shenzhou-21 crew captured stunning footage of the Earth through the windows of the Tiangong space station, sending their best wishes for the Year of the Horse.

China's Shenzhou-21 crew captured stunning footage of the Earth through the windows of the Tiangong space station, sending their best wishes for the Year of the Horse.

China’s Zhuque-3, a reusable liquid oxygen–methane rocket built for low-cost, high-capacity, frequent launches, plans a new recovery test in Q2 2026 and targets its first recovery-and-reuse flight in Q4 2026. A December attempt reached orbit, but first-stage recovery failed.

You need to get right on this technological distinctiveness!

I wondered if the saucer section of a Trek shaped Ship could became a 'centrifuge wheel' for artificial gravity, and instead of warp nacelles you have some sort of nuclear reactors out there, suddenly you have quite a practical space ship design that i could imagine bodly exploring our solar system!

Incomplete remains of world's 'youngest' impact crater spotted lurking in Chinese forest — Earth from space A 2021 satellite photo shows off the recently uncovered Yilan crater in China, which is most likely the youngest impact structure on Earth. The incomplete ring is also the largest of its kind and only...

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'Some of the cracks had penetrated through': Chinese astronauts reveal new details about spacecraft that 'stranded' them in space last year Crew members of China's Shenzhou-20 mission recently detailed their reactions upon finding cracks in their spacecraft's viewport during the nation's first spaceflight emergency.

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China’s Zhuque-3, a reusable liquid oxygen–methane rocket built for low-cost, high-capacity, frequent launches, plans a new recovery test in Q2 2026 and targets its first recovery-and-reuse flight in Q4 2026. A December attempt reached orbit, but first-stage recovery failed.

Many of these are monitoring the Earth's environment. But I'd 100% agree about any totally unnecessary satellites being placed in orbit.

China launched more than 120 remote-sensing satellites in 2025, ( Collecting data on our planet's surface, atmosphere, and oceans from orbit. ) bringing the number of civilian remote-sensing satellites in orbit to more than 640, continuing to rank second globally.

China's mysterious Shenlong space plane recently launched on its 4th mission. What is it doing up there? We don't know for sure, but there are some intriguing clues.

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🌏🛰️Views From China's Space Station : The Tiangong space station is a permanently crewed space station constructed by China and operated by China Manned Space Agency. Tiangong is a modular design, with modules docked together while in low Earth orbit, between 340 and 450 km above the surface.