In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, the combination of the Chang’e-7 lunar probe and the Long March-5 Y14 carrier rocket is transferred vertically to the launching area at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in southern China’s Hainan Province on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026 . (Yang GuanyuXinhua via AP)
\n\nA man is silhouetted near an image of the launch platform and models of space rockets displayed in Haikou in southern China’s Hainan province on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
\n\nA woman carries a child as she walks past models of space rockets displayed in Haikou in southern China’s Hainan province on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
\n\nHAIKOU, China (AP) — China said on Sunday it was postponing its planned ambitious Chang’e-7 lunar mission, which was set to carry out explorations including searching for water ice on the moon.
\n\nThe Chang’e-7 spacecraft was originally set to lift off in the coming days from the Wenchang Space Launch Site on China’s southern Hainan island.
\n\nThe mission does not meet the launch conditions, said the China Manned Space Agency in a brief statement, and “cannot take place during the planned window this year.”
\n\nThe decision was…
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