Nasa selected four astronauts to fly around the Moon as part of its Artemis 2 mission, scheduled for 2025. Reuters
Nasa's Orion spacecraft will carry astronauts to the Moon. It orbited the lunar surface in 2022 as part of an uncrewed test flight. Nasa
China is developing the Long March 9 rocket, which would be powerful enough for Moon missions. The Long March 5b rocket, pictured, carried China's Tianhe space station module in 2021. AFP
FILE PHOTO: NASA's next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion crew capsule, lifts off from launch complex 39-B on the unmanned Artemis I mission to the moon at Cape Canaveral, Florida, U. S. November 16, 2022. REUTERS / Joe Skipper / File Photo
China's Tiangong space station, which is currently hosting astronauts. CMSA
Chinese astronauts prepare for a flight to the Tiangong space station on May 30, 2023. Getty Images
Nasa selected four astronauts to fly around the Moon as part of its Artemis 2 mission, scheduled for 2025. Reuters
Nasa's Orion spacecraft will carry astronauts to the Moon. It orbited the lunar surface in 2022 as part of an uncrewed test flight. Nasa
China is developing the Long March 9 rocket, which would be powerful enough for Moon missions. The Long March 5b rocket, pictured, carried China's Tianhe space station module in 2021. AFP
FILE PHOTO: NASA's next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion crew capsule, lifts off from launch complex 39-B on the unmanned Artemis I mission to the moon at Cape Canaveral, Florida, U. S. November 16, 2022. REUTERS / Joe Skipper / File Photo
China's Tiangong space station, which is currently hosting astronauts. CMSA
Chinese astronauts prepare for a flight to the Tiangong space station on May 30, 2023. Getty Images
Nasa selected four astronauts to fly around the Moon as part of its Artemis 2 mission, scheduled for 2025. Reuters