Editing Chinese space program (section)

====Near future development====

[[File:Xuntian Space Telescope mockup at NMC 01.jpg|thumb|alt=Xuntian Space Telescope mockup|[[Xuntian|Xuntian Space Telescope]] mockup]]
According to a 2022 government white paper, China will conduct more human spaceflight, lunar and planetary exploration missions, including:<ref name="whitpaper2021">{{cite web |date=28 January 2022 |title=Full Text: China's Space Program: A 2021 Perspective |url=https://english.www.gov.cn/archive/whitepaper/202201/28/content_WS61f35b3dc6d09c94e48a467a.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128153120/https://english.www.gov.cn/archive/whitepaper/202201/28/content_WS61f35b3dc6d09c94e48a467a.html |archive-date=28 January 2022 |access-date=27 May 2023 |website=The State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China}}</ref>
* [[Xuntian|Xuntian Space Telescope]] launch.
* [[Chang'e 7|Chang'e-7]] mission to perform a precise landing in the Moon's polar region that includes a "hopping detector" to explore permanently-shadowed areas.
* [[Chang'e 8|Chang'e-8]] lunar polar mission to test [[in-situ resource utilization]] and establish the predicate for the [[International Lunar Research Station]].
* [[Tianwen-2]] mission to sample near-Earth asteroids and probe main-belt comets.
* [[Tianwen-3]] mission using two launches to return samples from Mars.
* [[Tianwen-4]] mission to explore the [[Jupiter (planet)|Jupiter]] system and [[Callisto (moon)|Callisto]]; a probe to fly-by [[Uranus (planet)|Uranus]] will be attached to the Jupiter probe.

In addition to these, China has also initiated the crewed lunar landing phase of its lunar exploration program, which aims to land Chinese astronauts on the Moon by 2030. A new crewed carrier rocket ([[Long March 10]]), [[next-generation crewed spacecraft|new generation crew spacecraft]], [[Chinese crewed lunar lander|crewed lunar lander]], lunar [[extravehicular activity|EVA]] spacesuit, lunar rover and other equipment are under development.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jones |first1=Andrew |title=China sets sights on crewed lunar landing before 2030 |url=https://spacenews.com/china-sets-sights-on-crewed-lunar-landing-before-2030/ |website=SpaceNews |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=29 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=David |first1=Leonard |title=China Starts "Landing Phase" of Placing Astronauts on Moon Before 2030 – New Launch Site, Booster, Lunar Lander in the Works |url=https://www.leonarddavid.com/china-starts-landing-phase-of-placing-astronauts-on-moon-before-2030-new-launch-site-booster-lunar-lander-in-the-works/ |website=Leonard David's INSIDE OUTER SPACE |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=29 May 2023}}</ref>

CNSA's ''[[Tianwen-2]]'' was launched in May 2025,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Andrew Jones published |date=2022-05-18 |title=China to launch Tianwen 2 asteroid-sampling mission in 2025 |url=https://www.space.com/china-tianwen2-asteroid-sampling-mission-2025-launch |access-date=2022-09-29 |website=Space.com}}</ref> to explore the [[co-orbital]] near-Earth asteroid [[469219 Kamoʻoalewa]] and the [[active asteroid]] [[311P/PanSTARRS]] and collecting samples of the regolith of Kamo'oalewa.<ref name="nature20190430">{{cite journal |last=Gibney |first=Elizabeth |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01390-5 |title=China plans mission to Earth's pet asteroid |journal=[[Nature (journal)|Nature]] |date=30 April 2019 |access-date=4 June 2019 |doi=10.1038/d41586-019-01390-5|pmid=32346150 |s2cid=155198626 }}</ref>