China's lunar exploration program advances via successful tests of new rocket, spaceship

Staff members pose for a group photo after the retrieval of the return capsule of China's new-generation Mengzhou crewed spaceship on 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. [Photo/Xinhua]