The country's space agency aims to overtake NASA with its ongoing Chang'e lunar program and future crewed missions to Mars.
China announced its plans to launch three new uncrewed missions to the Moon after the discovery of a new lunar mineral that could be harvested as an energy source in the future,China's National Space Administration announced on Saturday, September 10, that it was given the green light to start planning the launch of three new orbiters to the Moon over the next decade. The new missions will form a part of the country's ongoing Chang'e lunar program.
Analysis of the samples showed that Changesite- contains the isotope helium-3, which is considered to be a potentially valuable energy source for the future.Both NASA and China are investigating the south pole for potential moon mining sites. The latter aims to build a research station with Russia in that region of the lunar surface. China and Russia also have an agreement to buildafter Russia opted out of joining NASA's own lunar Gateway program last year.
The U.S. space agency, meanwhile, has canceled two recent attempts to launch its Space Launch System to the Moon to kickstart its Artemis program. Artemis I will send an uncrewed capsule around the Moon and back, Artemis II will carry out the same journey with astronauts aboard, and Artemis III will send humans to the lunar surface for the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972.China's latest advances in space exploration may put added pressure on NASA to get its Artemis program off the ground, with the construction of SLS criticized for going over budget and for utilizing non-reusable technology.
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