China has revealed its plans for landing astronauts on the Moon (video).

The Chinese agency for manned space flights has released a video detailing how China plans to organize the landing of its astronauts on the Moon's surface. The video also showcases the progress in developing the equipment necessary for the lunar mission, according to Space.

The footage displays not only the planned activities related to the crewed lunar flight but also the testing of equipment being created to make this mission possible.

China aims to land its astronauts on the Moon's surface by 2030. To achieve this, two launches of the latest heavy-lift rocket, "Chang Zheng-10," are being prepared. During the first launch of the upcoming crewed lunar mission, the rocket will carry the "Mengzhou" spacecraft into space with astronauts aboard. They will then head to lunar orbit. In the second launch, the rocket will deploy the "Lanyue" landing module, which will allow the astronauts to descend to the Moon's surface.

The two spacecraft will rendezvous in lunar orbit, and two astronauts will transfer from "Mengzhou" to "Lanyue," before landing on the Moon. The video shows the "Lanyue" landing module along with the lunar rover on the Moon's surface. It then demonstrates how the astronauts operate the vehicle and follow the planned route.

The video also features tests of the "Chang Zheng-10" rocket, the docking process of the spacecraft in lunar orbit, and the spacesuits that the astronauts will wear on the Moon.

The astronauts will launch to the Moon from the Wenchang spaceport on Hainan Island. This is China's only coastal spaceport, where the largest Chinese rocket to date, "Chang Zheng-5," is launched. Plans are in place to expand the spaceport to accommodate launches of the "Chang Zheng-10" rocket, as well as the future heavy-lift rocket "Chang Zheng-9," which will closely resemble SpaceX's Starship.

Meanwhile, NASA is actively working to return American astronauts to the Moon by 2026 for the first time since 1972, when the Apollo program concluded. NASA's new lunar program is called "Artemis," named after the ancient Greek goddess who was the sister of Apollo.