Don’t Lose the Race Back to the Moon

The Earth rises over the horizon of the moon, as seen during the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission in July 1969. Space Frontiers/Getty Images

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While turbulence on Earth threatens the goal of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration to return to the moon by mid-2027, members of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Astronaut Corps are scheduled to land on the moon by 2029 or 2030.