China's lunar exploration program advances via successful tests of new rocket, spaceship
Xinhua | February 12, 2026


The return capsule of China's new-generation Mengzhou crewed spaceship is lifted onto a rescue ship, Feb. 11, 2026. A low-altitude demonstration and verification flight test for the Long March-10 carrier rocket and a maximum dynamic pressure abort flight test for the new-generation crewed spaceship system Mengzhou are successfully conducted at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)


