Le Figaro of France: China's new batch of astronauts enter space this week to promote the manned lunar exploration mission. According to a report by Le Figaro, this mission will help China achieve its ambitious goal: to send astronauts to the moon before 2030 and then establish a base on the moon. The report states that China will carry out a new round of manned space missions this week, continuing to advance its plan to send astronauts to the moon within the next five years. The Shenzhou XX mission will take off from the Jiuquan launch center in northwest China, carrying three astronauts to the Tiangong space station constructed by China, where they will stay for about six months. The Shenzhou manned spacecraft and its Long March-2F carrier rocket have been transferred to the launch site. The China National Space Administration stated last week that it will "launch at an appropriate time in the near future." Building a Lunar Base This mission will help China achieve its ambitious goal: to send astronauts to the moon before 2030 and then establish a base on the moon. The report says that according to photos released by the official Xinhua News Agency, a white long rocket stands on a blue base decorated with the Chinese national flag, surrounded by red and gold banners celebrating the country's space program. The China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSA) said: "Currently, the launch site facilities and equipment are in good condition. Functional checks and joint tests will proceed as planned." Beijing has not yet revealed the identities of the Shenzhou XX astronauts or the specific work they will perform during the mission. However, according to CCTV citing Zhou Wenxing, a member of the National Astronaut Training Center, the astronaut team is "in excellent condition, precise in operations, and well-coordinated." Shenzhou XX is the fifteenth manned flight mission of China's manned space program and one of the two planned manned flight missions in 2025. The previous manned mission, Shenzhou XIX, was launched last October and is scheduled to end on April 29. Led by Cai Xuzhe, a 48-year-old former fighter pilot who stayed in the Tiangong space station during the Shenzhou XIV mission in 2022, the crew also includes Wang Haoze, 35, China's only female aerospace flight engineer and the third Chinese woman to participate in a manned space mission. Song Lingdong, 34, is the third member of the team. According to the announcement made at the time of the launch, the Shenzhou XIX team will conduct experiments to observe how extreme radiation, gravity, temperature, and other conditions affect "bricks" made from simulated lunar soil. China's "Space Dream" China is accelerating the realization of its "space dream." China's space program is the world's third human orbital program. In addition to successfully landing rovers on Mars and the moon, Beijing also sent the Tiangong space station into orbit, rotating three-astronaut teams every six months. China stated that it is proceeding as planned to achieve the manned lunar landing mission before 2030. Le Figaro summarized that in recent decades, China has invested billions of dollars in building a cutting-edge space program to compete with the United States and Europe. In 2019, China successfully landed the Chang'e IV probe on the far side of the moon - a world first - and sent a small robot to Mars in 2021. The core module of the Tiangong space station, Tianhe, was launched in 2021 and is planned to be used for about ten years. [Insert Image] [Link to Follow Shenzhou XX] Original article: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1830108760061952/ Disclaimer: This article represents the views of the author.