{"id":64536,"date":"2025-08-13T17:48:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T17:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/64536\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T17:48:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T17:48:08","slug":"chinas-moon-lander-passes-key-test-photo-of-the-day-for-aug-13-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/64536\/","title":{"rendered":"China’s moon lander passes key test photo of the day for Aug. 13, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently, China<\/a> conducted a critical test of its new lunar lander, Lanyue <\/a>(“Embracing the Moon”), running the vehicle through a landing on and takeoff from a simulated lunar surface.<\/p>\n

What is it?<\/p>\n

Lanyue is China’s first crewed lunar landing vehicle, purpose-built to ferry astronauts between lunar orbit and the moon<\/a>‘s surface.<\/p>\n

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Standing on four legs, Lanyue is designed to transport two taikonauts along with scientific equipment, life-support systems and supplies for multi-day stays on the moon.<\/p>\n

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To test Lanyue’s capabilities, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) simulated a lunar environment by using rocks and craters and coating the surface<\/a> to mimic lunar soil.<\/p>\n

Where is it?<\/p>\n

The test was done in Huailai County in China’s Hebei Province.<\/p>\n

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A photo of the Lanyue lander during its test. (Image credit: CCTV)Why is it amazing?<\/p>\n

The test verified<\/a> that Lanyue’s landing and ascent propulsion systems worked properly, along with guidance, control, mechanical interfaces, and the lander’s response to launch-induced stress.<\/p>\n

This success brings China one step closer to achieving its goal of landing astronauts on the moon by 2030<\/a> and establishing an International Lunar Research station<\/a> in 2035, in collaboration with Russia and other partners.<\/p>\n

Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!<\/p>\n

Want to learn more?<\/p>\n

You can read more about the recent lunar lander test<\/a> and China’s goals to go to the moon. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Recently, China conducted a critical test of its new lunar lander, Lanyue (“Embracing the Moon”), running the vehicle…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[90,416,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-64536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-science","tag-space","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}