Mission accomplished: China inches closer to moon landing

It marks an important step in Beijing's ambitions to run a permanent space station by 2022. FMTNews

China’s new large carrier rocket Long March 5B blasts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Centre on May 5.

The space agency said the vessel was in orbit for two days and 19 hours and had completed a number of experiments. The new prototype expands the number of crew that can be sent into space to six from three in an earlier model. “The successful landing of the new spacecraft from a high orbit also shows China is serious about sending astronauts beyond low Earth orbit — something only Nasa has achieved — and eventually sending its astronauts to the Moon,” he added.

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