China says it will send astronauts to the moon by 2030
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No humans have set foot on the moon since the last NASA Apollo mission more than 50 years ago. Now both the US and China have plans.
Chinese officials said the country would land astronauts on the moon by 2030.
Humans haven't set foot on the moon in more than five decades.
NASA plans to launch a lunar mission by 2025.
Humans have not set foot on the moon since NASA's final Apollo mission in 1972. Now both the US and China are planning new lunar missions. China has mentioned the prospect of a lunar mission by 2030 but never confirmed it in an official capacity, The New York Times reported.
An official confirmed the plans at a news conference for an upcoming flight transporting astronauts to China's space station.
"It is a fact: we're in a space race," Nelson said.
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