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• Andrew Jones
China conducts Mengzhou max‑Q abort and Long March‑10A splashdown tests, first lunar‑pad ignition at Wenchang
On Feb. 11 at Wenchang, China carried out a low‑altitude Long March‑10A flight ending in a controlled ocean splashdown, a maximum‑dynamic‑pressure abort test of the Mengzhou crewed spacecraft, and the first ignition/flight exercise on a pad for future crewed lunar missions—steps Beijing frames as advancing a 2030 crewed‑moon goal.
