CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -China might use its long-existing Long March 5 rocket to put humans on the moon by 2030. China might be able to land its first astronauts on the moon by 2030 if all goes as planned.

Detailed explanation-2: -China may launch a new vessel capable of carrying its first crewed mission to the moon as early as 2027, according to the head of the country’s biggest space contractor.

Detailed explanation-3: -China is also now working towards a crewed lunar landing before 2030. The mission would use two launches of an under-development new generation crew launch vehicle to send three astronauts to the moon, seeing two of them set down on the surface for around six hours.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 2023, Russia, India and the European Space Agency will be launching missions to the Moon, and further into deep space. This follows Nasa’s Artemis I mission, which recently made a lunar orbit, using a spacecraft designed to put people back on the Moon’s surface.