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China's Chang’e 7 Mission to Hunt Moon Water by 2025
10/25/2025
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- China plans to launch the Chang’e 7 spacecraft in August 2025 to search for water at the Moon's south pole.
- The mission will carry 18 scientific payloads from six international partners and one NGO.
- This follows China’s Chang’e 5 and Chang’e 6 missions that returned lunar samples.
- The United States faces delays in lunar water exploration after a failed landing by Intuitive Machines.
