China Reveals Names of New Manned Moon Spaceship, Lander
- Crew spaceship is “Mengzhou,” meaning dream vessel in Chinese
- Moon lander is called “Lanyue,” meaning embracing the moon
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China’s space agency has unveiled the names of a new manned spaceship and a moon lander for its mission to send astronauts to the moon before 2030.
The new crew spaceship is named Mengzhou, which means dream vessel in Chinese, according to a statement from China Manned Space Agency Saturday. The moon lander is called Lanyue, meaning embracing the moon in Chinese. The names were selected from almost 2,000 proposals from the public since August of 2023.