China outlines uncrewed tests ahead of crewed moon landing targeted before 2030

The proposed sequence starts with a Long March 10A and uncrewed Mengzhou flight to low-Earth orbit in early 2027, followed by a Lanyue descent-and-ascent test on the moon in 2028 and an uncrewed lunar-orbit docking in 2029. Those year-by-year targets come from presentation slides shared on social media. A crewed landing remains the goal for before 2030.