Will China take people to the moon by 2025?

Chinese space scientists claim that the country's astronaut will set foot on the moon as early as 2025.

Ye Peijian, the chief architect of China's moon exploration project, mentioned the time when Chinese people set foot on the moon at a scientific conference held in Shanghai. If there is a delay, according to Ye, the "deadline" of the project will be in 2030.

"We have steadfastly made progress in improving space exploration capacity through a number of pilot programs related to the Moon , " Ye said.

In 2007, China succeeded in launching missiles, bringing the Hang Nga -1 satellite to Moon's orbit. This satellite was sent back to Earth with original images of the Moon's surface in January 2008.

Chang Er - 1 ended her 16-month quest on March 1, after running out of energy and falling to the moon's surface. According to the route, Hang Nga - 2 satellite was put into orbit 100 km from the Moon in 2010, to gather information to prepare for the launch of the Hang Nga - 3 satellite.

The third missile launch in 2013 will "drop" a pedestrian ship near the moon's equator and let it go "wandering" for a period of three months. To counter the harsh conditions on this atmospheric planet, the pedestrian vessel will be equipped with isotope technical transmitters, which will help it function at temperatures - 200 degrees Celsius at night. An important task in this period was the Chinese test of the ability to recall pedestrian ships with boosters.

The next phase of the Moon exploration process, in 2017, another pedestrian vessel continued to be moved on the lunar surface and collected about 2 kilograms of rock samples to bring back to Earth.