China's Plan for a CREWED Lunar Landing in 2029

Summary

中国宣布计划在未来七年内将宇航员送上月球，这是自阿波罗任务50年后的一大步。中国的探月计划分为三阶段，包括早期的嫦娥系列机器人任务，以及计划在2030年前实现的载人登月。为了实现这一目标，中国正在开发新型重型运载火箭长征十号和下一代载人飞船。此次任务与阿波罗计划有很多相似之处，但也有许多独特之处，如使用两次发射而不是一次。预计中国的首次载人登月任务将在2029年进行，以庆祝中华人民共和国成立80周年。

Takeaways

• 🌕 中国计划在未来七年内将宇航员送上月球，这是中国太空探索雄心的一部分。
• 🚀 中国的探月工程始于2004年，分为三个阶段，包括轨道器、着陆器、巡视器和样本返回任务。
• 🛰️ 嫦娥五号任务在2020年成功采集并返回了1.7公斤月球样本，标志着中国成为太空探索的领先国家之一。
• 📈 中国正在开发新一代重型运载火箭长征十号（Long March 10），用于将宇航员送往月球。
• 🛸 长征十号火箭将使用现有的中国空间技术，包括液氧煤油发动机，预计在2027年首次发射。
• 👨‍🚀 中国的下一代载人飞船（NGCS）类似于NASA的猎户座飞船，将用于运送宇航员到月球轨道并返回地球。
• 🌘 中国的月球着陆器正在开发中，将负责将宇航员从月球轨道带到月球表面并返回。
• 🔄 中国的探月任务将需要两次独立发射，包括无人的月球着陆器和载有宇航员的NGCS飞船。
• 🏞️ 中国宇航员在月球表面的停留时间预计非常短暂，大约6到8小时，进行样本采集和科学实验。
• 🛣️ 中国宇航员将使用月球车在着陆区周围10公里范围内移动。
• 📆 中国的首次载人月球任务计划在2030年前完成，可能在2029年，以纪念中华人民共和国成立80周年。

Q & A

中国计划在什么时候将宇航员送上月球？

中国计划在未来七年内将宇航员送上月球。

中国首次真正涉足月球探索是什么时候？

中国首次真正涉足月球探索是在2004年，当时国家批准了名为嫦娥的三阶段月球探测计划。

嫦娥计划的第一阶段包括哪些任务？

嫦娥计划的第一阶段包括嫦娥1号和2号任务，这两个任务是月球探测器，它们在2007年和2010年发射，绕月飞行并绘制了月球表面地图。

中国的月球探测计划中，有哪些任务成功着陆了月球？

嫦娥三号和四号任务分别在2013年和2019年成功着陆了月球的可见面和远侧，并且释放了月球车。

嫦娥五号任务的主要成就是什么？

嫦娥五号任务在2020年成功着陆月球，收集并返回了1.7公斤的月球样本。

中国计划如何将宇航员送上月球？

中国计划使用长征十号重型运载火箭、新一代载人飞船（NGCS）以及月球着陆器来实现宇航员的月球着陆和返回。

长征十号火箭的特点是什么？

长征十号火箭是为月球任务设计的重型运载火箭，它高90米，由三个阶段和两个助推器组成，能够将27吨的有效载荷送入地月转移轨道。

新一代载人飞船（NGCS）的主要功能是什么？

NGCS的主要功能是将宇航员运送到月球轨道并安全带回地球，它由两个模块组成：一个可重复使用的返回舱和一个一次性使用的服务模块。

中国首次载人月球任务的预计停留时间是多久？

中国首次载人月球任务预计在月球表面的停留时间非常短，大约为6到8小时。

中国首次载人月球任务与阿波罗计划有何相似之处？

中国首次载人月球任务与阿波罗计划相似之处在于：两者的月球模块和载人飞船在发射时的总质量相近，都是两名宇航员在月球表面着陆，而另一名宇航员在月球轨道上等待，同时都提供了类似的月球车。

中国计划的国际月球研究站（ILRS）是什么？

国际月球研究站是中国对阿特弥斯计划的回应，是一个由多个国家参与的计划，旨在建立一个长期的月球研究基地，计划在2030年代进行一系列任务。

Outlines

00:00

🌕 中国登月计划概述

中国宣布计划在未来七年内实现载人登月，与美国及其合作伙伴在太空探索方面的长期目标形成竞争。中国自2004年起开始月球探索，通过'嫦娥'计划实现了绕月、着陆和样本返回等任务。中国正在开发新的重型运载火箭'长征9号'和'长征10号'，以及下一代载人飞船(NGCS)和登月舱，计划在2027年进行首次无人测试发射，并在2030年前实现载人登月。

05:01

🚀 中国载人登月任务详细规划

中国载人登月任务将分为两个主要发射阶段：首先是发射无人的登月舱，然后是搭载三名宇航员的NGCS飞船。两者将在月球轨道对接，两名宇航员将转移到登月舱并执行月球表面任务，包括样本采集和科学实验。任务完成后，宇航员将返回NGCS并返回地球。此外，还介绍了'Ground News'新闻聚合应用程序，它可以帮助用户从不同媒体获取全面和平衡的新闻视角。

10:02

📅 中国与美国的月球探索时间线对比

中国和美国的月球探索计划在时间线上有所不同。中国的'嫦娥'系列任务将在2024至2028年间继续进行，而'长征10号'的首次发射计划在2027年。预计中国的首次载人登月任务将在2029年进行。与此同时，美国的'阿尔忒弥斯'计划已于2022年11月进行了首次测试飞行，接下来的任务包括2024年的月球飞越和2025至2030年间的多次载人登月任务。中国的长期目标是建立'国际月球研究站'(ILRS)，该计划将在2030年代进行，旨在吸引多国参与。

Keywords

💡中国载人登月

中国计划在2030年前将宇航员送上月球。这是中国在空间探索领域的重大目标，旨在与美国和其他国家在月球建立长期存在相竞争。视频中详细介绍了中国的登月计划及其背后的背景和技术准备。

💡嫦娥计划

嫦娥计划是中国的月球探测项目，始于2004年，包括嫦娥一号至嫦娥五号的多次任务。这些任务为中国的月球探索打下了坚实的基础，涵盖了轨道器、着陆器、月球车和样品返回等各个方面。

💡长征系列运载火箭

长征系列运载火箭是中国主要的航天发射工具。其中，长征五号和正在开发的长征九号和长征十号将在中国的载人登月任务中发挥关键作用。视频中提到这些火箭的技术规格和开发进展。

💡新一代载人飞船 (NGCS)

新一代载人飞船（NGCS）是中国为载人登月任务开发的航天器，类似于美国的猎户座飞船。它将负责将宇航员送往月球轨道并带回地球。视频中描述了该飞船的设计和测试进展。

💡月球模块

月球模块是中国载人登月任务中的一部分，负责将宇航员从月球轨道送到月球表面并返回轨道。视频中介绍了该模块的设计和功能，类似于阿波罗任务的月球模块。

💡阿尔忒弥斯计划

阿尔忒弥斯计划是美国的新一代载人登月计划，计划通过猎户座飞船和SpaceX的星舰系统等技术实现月球探索。视频中将中国的登月计划与阿尔忒弥斯计划进行了对比，说明两者的异同点。

💡国际月球研究站 (ILRS)

国际月球研究站（ILRS）是中国的长期月球探索计划，旨在2030年代建立一个国际合作的月球基地。视频中提到该计划作为中国对阿尔忒弥斯计划的回应，并希望吸引更多国家参与。

💡载人月球任务

载人月球任务指的是将宇航员送上月球表面进行探索和科学实验的任务。视频详细介绍了中国和美国的载人月球任务计划，包括各自的技术细节和时间表。

💡月球样品返回

月球样品返回任务指的是将月球表面的物质样本带回地球进行分析。视频中提到的嫦娥五号任务就是一个成功的月球样品返回任务，为中国未来的月球探索提供了重要数据。

💡月球车

月球车是用来在月球表面移动和进行科学探测的车辆。视频中提到，中国在其首次载人月球任务中也将使用月球车，帮助宇航员在月球表面进行探索和样品采集。

Highlights

中国计划在未来七年内将宇航员送上月球，这是中国在太空探索领域雄心勃勃的一步。

中国的探月工程始于2004年，通过Chang'e计划逐步实现了绕月、落月和返回地球的能力。

Chang'e 5任务在2020年成功从月球带回1.7公斤样本，标志着中国成为太空探索的领先国家之一。

中国正在开发下一代重型运载火箭Long March 9，以实现50吨的有效载荷将月球轨道发射。

Long March 10火箭的开发，将用于中国首次载人登月任务，预计2027年首次发射。

下一代载人飞船（NGCS）正在开发中，类似于NASA的Orion飞船，用于将宇航员送至月球轨道并返回地球。

中国的载人登月任务将需要两个独立的发射，包括一个无人的月球模块和一个载有三名宇航员的NGCS飞船。

中国的月球着陆器正在开发中，预计总质量为26吨，能够搭载两名宇航员。

中国的首次载人月球任务预计将在2029年进行，以庆祝中华人民共和国成立80周年。

中国的探月任务与美国的阿波罗计划和阿尔忒弥斯计划相比，有相似之处也有不同。

中国的国际月球研究站（ILRS）是对美国阿尔忒弥斯计划的回应，旨在吸引多个国家参与。

中国的探月计划包括2024年的Chang'e 6样本返回任务和2026-2028年的技术验证任务。

Long March 10火箭的部分可重用性，借鉴了SpaceX Falcon 9的设计，但采用了独特的系留系统。

中国的载人月球任务将使用月球车，使宇航员能够在着陆区周围10公里范围内移动。

中国的载人月球任务预计在月球表面停留时间较短，大约6到8小时。

中国的探月计划还包括与其他国家的合作，如2023年4月宣布成立的Alaris合作组织。

中国的探月任务将使用现有的中国空间技术，如YF-100系列液氧煤油发动机，加快火箭的开发进程。

中国的载人月球任务将包括在月球表面的样本采集和科学实验。

中国的探月计划与美国的探月计划在技术路线和任务目标上存在竞争和差异。

Transcripts

China to put its own astronauts on the

moon China announcing this morning they

plan to have astronauts on the moon this

is shooting for the Moon

or crude lunar Landing this expression

is common with the Chinese leadership

today and for a good reason the next

seven years China plans to land its

astronauts on the moon we're 50 years

after the Apollo missions in a decade of

even greater ambition in space

exploration with both the United States

and its partners and China having set

their sights on establishing a long-term

presence on the moon

so what will this Chinese crew lunar

Mission look like and how does it

compare with the Apollo and the Artemis

missions let's cover this step by step

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news we're on them later first some

context China's first real involvement

in lunar exploration started in 2004

when the country's State Council

approved a three-phase lunar exploration

program called Chang uh this was China's

first real involvement beyond the

Earth's orbit and the missions would

essentially be robotic the chunga 1 and

2 launched in 2007 and 2010 where lunar

probes which orbited and mapped the

lunar surface these were followed by the

chunga three and four two missions which

landed Rovers on the visible and Far

Side of the Moon in 2013 and 2019 and

finally more recently there's been the

chunga 5 Mission which landed on the

moon collected and returned 1.7

kilograms of lunar samples in 2020. in

absolute numbers this still pales in

comparison with the number of missions

from the United States and Russia which

pioneered lunar exploration but from an

achievement standpoint it propels China

into the Forefront as one of the leading

players having achieved successfully

Orbiter Lander Rover and Sample

returning capabilities these robotic

missions will continue for the next five

years the changa six sample return

Mission will launch in 2024 while the

changa 7 in China 8 will be technology

verification missions in 2026 and 2028

exploring the concept of a long-term

presence on the moon

but all of this is uncrewed lunar

exploration in parallel China is working

on ways to send its astronauts to the

lunar surface some of the early Chinese

Concepts where this came around the late

2000s and early 2010s at the time China

was still developing its Long March 5

heavy lift rocket and some of these

early proposals included using up to

three launches of a modified Long March

5. this then shifted over time towards

the development of a new super heavy

lift rocket the Long March 9 a sort of

Chinese SLS capable of putting 50 tons

of payload on a trajectory to the Moon

this rocket was envisioned with a total

thrust hat liftoff of nearly 6 000 tons

in other words an absolute monster which

would have been a real change of scale

for the Chinese launch industry but as

we approached late 2010s it became

increasingly clear that such a

development would put Chinese crew

learning activity way into the 2030s and

you have to combine that with the fact

that at the time the US was massively

increasing its lunar Ambitions under the

Trump Administration launching the

Artemis program and rallying an

ever-increasing number of countries to

the Artemis Accords and also the growing

popularity of reusable rocket designs

around the world was starting to make

the Long March 9 look obsolete even

before it was developed and so this is

why over the past three years China has

decided to reshuffle its crude plans

entirely on the one hand you'd have the

longwatch 9 which would still be

maintained but redeveloped into this

entirely new version adopting a more

distributed fully reusable architecture

resemblings Starship and which would be

available sometime between the mid-2030s

and early 2040s but in the shorter term

average China would develop a separate

program to send three Chinese astronauts

to the Moon before 2030 and this is what

we're going to get into now to send

astronauts to the Moon before 2030 China

needs three main components a super

heavy launch vehicle a crude spacecraft

which includes a re-entry capsule and a

lunar module to land and lift off the

lunar surface

this lunar rocket will be the Long March

10. a launch vehicle first

conceptualized in 2018 and which is

currently under development in its

heaviest lunar version it is 90 meters

tall and composed of three stages and

two strap-on boosters it will be able to

send 27 tons into translunar injection

which is roughly half as much as the

Long March 9 but three times as much as

Long March 5 and roughly comparable to

SpaceX Falcon 9. but one major advantage

of this rocket compared to the previous

longwatch 9 is that it uses existing

Chinese space technology and namely the

wife 100 series carelock's field engines

enabling the rocket to be developed in a

much shorter time frame

this rocket will also be partially

reusable with the first stage and strap

on boosters taking an approach similar

to spacex's Falcon 9 but also using an

interesting tethered system to catch the

bracket rather than using Landing legs

this rocket is scheduled to debut in

2027 followed by a number of uncrewed

test launches in 2028 and 2029

and this rocket is naturally a human

rated rocket including a launch Escape

system notably because it will be

carrying the next big component of

China's crew lunar Mission the ngcs

the ngcs short for Next Generation crude

spacecraft is a sort of Chinese

equivalent to NASA's of Orion spacecraft

it has the role of carrying astronauts

to lunar orbits and bringing them back

to Earth

with a total mass of 22 metric tons it

is composed of two modules you have a

crude module that can carry up to three

astronauts during lunar missions and

this part of the spacecraft is reusable

it adopts the very familiar Bell shape

of most return capsules which is optimal

for atmospheric reentry on Earth

and then there's the service module in

charge of providing power and propulsion

to the spacecraft and as you'd expect

this part is Expendable the ngcs has

been in development for quite a while a

scaled prototype was first launched in

2016 on board along March 7 followed by

a full-scale version of the Long March

5B in 2020 which saw the capsule perform

tests in orbits and successfully perform

a re-entry now this was not the final

design by any means and specifications

have evolved since so expect further

test launches in the next few years

notably in 2027 and 2028 and last but

not least there's the lunar module which

has the role of bringing the astronauts

from lunar orbit to the surface and back

to lunar orbit this module is also

currently under development and will

have a total mass of 26 metric tons at

liftoff it is composed of the Lander

module at the top which can host two

astronauts and the propulsion module at

the bottom now let's look at the whole

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Mission China's lunar Mission will

require two separate launches the 2610

lunar module with no crew would launch

first on board the Long March 10 from

the Spaceport of wind Chong and Hainan

it would be injected into a lunar

transfer trajectory by the rocket upper

stage and insert itself into a lunar

orbit with a deceleration burn next the

2210 ngcs spacecraft would launch with

three astronauts on board and just like

the lunar module the ngcs would launch

from the Spaceport of when Chang on

board along March 10 and insert itself

into a lunar orbit the ngcs would then

Rendezvous and dock with the lunar

module using the docking mechanisms on

both spacecraft two of the three

astronauts would then transfer to the

lunar module while one would remain in

the ngcs the lunar module would then

separate from the ngcs and perform a

deceleration burn after this the

propulsion module would be discarded and

the lunar lander module would perform a

soft landing on the lunar surface this

would be performed with the help of four

retro thrusters as well as a larger

number of smaller attitude control

thrusters once on the lunar surface the

Lander would act as the living quarters

to the astronauts providing power and

life support systems to sustain them for

a short period And as this would be the

very first Chinese crew lunar Mission

the stay on the surface would be very

short we're talking six to eight hours

during which the astronauts would be

selecting samples and Performing

scientific experiments the astronauts

will have at their disposal a lunar

rover which will come attached to the

Lander and will enable them to evolve

within a distance of 10 kilometers of

the landing Zone once the lunar surface

tasks are complete the Chinese asteroids

would get back into the Lander which

would then lift off Rendezvous and dock

with the ngcs spacecraft in lunar orbit

the two astronauts would then join the

third member of the crew which stayed

inside the ngcs after which the Lander

module would separate from the ngcs and

be discarded following this the ngcs

would fire up its engines to inject

itself into a return trajectory to the

Earth the return capsule would then

separate from the service module to

perform an atmospheric re-entry

absorbing its kinetic energy through its

heat shield and using three large

parishes to land presumably at the

dongfun Landing site in inner Mongolia

in many ways China's first crude Mission

To The Moon resembles the Apollo program

first of all from a weight perspective

the lunar module in the ngcs have a

combined total mass at liftoff of 48

tons this is similar to the 44 tons of

the command and service module and lunar

module of Apollo in Apollo missions two

astronauts would also land on the

surface while one other remained in

orbit around the Moon also both missions

would provide astronauts with lunar

roving vehicles on the surface with a

similar mass of 200 kilograms and

finally in both cases the stays of the

astronauts on the surface would be

rather short we're talking less than 24

hours it's eight hours in the case of

the Chinese it was 21 hours in the case

of Apollo 11. although it's worth

knowing that with lateral missions the

stay was extended to up to three days of

course when you look closely there are

also some differences NASA employed for

example a single super heavy rocket the

Saturn V while the Chinese use two

separate launches of the smaller Long

March 10. also Apollo's and in service

module docked with the lunar module

during trans lunar injection while the

Chinese lunar module in the ngcs will

dock in lunar orbit and finally when

departing from the Moon the Apollo

programs lunar module was composed of a

Lander and an Ascender and astronauts

would take off vertically from the

Ascender leaving the Lander on the moon

however in the case of the Chinese

Mission there's just one big lunar

lander which also acts as the ascent

vehicle now if you compare China's first

crew lunar mission to the Artemis

program then this becomes an apples and

oranges situation

if we look at the Landers for example

blue origin's blue moon lander will have

a launch mass of 45 tons and the

Starship hls is supposed to have a

mind-boggling 1300 tons and that's to

compare with the 26 tons of the Chinese

lunar lander now as you may expect China

is also preparing an answer to Artemis

and it's called the ilars aka the

international lunar research station so

now let's see how all this fits onto a

timeline on the Chinese side the changa

68 robotic missions will take place

between 2024 and 2028 followed by test

launches of Long March 10 scheduled to

debut in 2027. this will be followed by

China's first crude lunar mission to

take place before 2030 according to the

official timeline and this probably

means 2029 because this would be on the

80th anniversary of the People's

Republic of China and we know that the

Chinese like to have spectacular events

coincide with these special dates on the

Artemis side the Artemis 1 Mission

consisting of a test flight of the SLS

in Orion took place in November 2022 and

will be followed by the Artemis 2 lunar

flyby missions in 2024 and the super

ambitious lunar Landings of Artemis 3-6

which will involve Starship hls Blue

Moon and the lunar Gateway

these are for the moments still

scheduled between 2025 and 2030 and

there's also a number of smaller scale

missions called clps or Clips which will

take place in parallel of all of these

current missions as mentioned earlier

China's longer term answer to Artemis is

the international lunar research station

a program so far composed of five

missions and scheduled to take place in

the 2030s with the exact dates yet to be

confirmed we're not going to go into too

much detail on the ilrs because that's

probably a topic for another video but

suffice to say that China is also hoping

to attract a slew of participating

countries and there have been many

illustrations of this recently with the

announcement of the establishment of the

Alaris cooperation organization in April

2023 and the announced objective of

signing intra-governmental Accords by

the end of 2024. in any case the

upcoming 10 to 15 years are going to be

absolutely unprecedented deliver

expiration and the fact that there are

these two major initiatives in parallel

Artemis and the lrs this will create

competition which will stimulate efforts

on both sides hopefully in a good way as

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