"Our goal is that: to promote China to become a leading space power by 2030; and fully establish China as a world space power by 2045,” said Yansheng. The new launch vehicle was unveiled in 2020 at the China Space Conference in Fuzhou. The rocket is being designed and built at the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT) in Beijing. The developments come as NASA is poised to launch long-term missions to the Moon under its Artemis project. Ambitious plans for deep-space exploration China's space agency has laid out ambitious plans to further its exploration drive with even missions...