China is making serious progress in its goal to land astronauts on the moon by 2030

China's lunar lander, with four legs, floats down to the surface of Earth via parachute.

China is going full throttle in its quest to land astronauts on the moon by 2030.

That was clearly evident in an Aug. 15 ground test of the first-stage propulsion system of the Long March 10 (CZ-10), the new rocket that China is building to send people toward the moon.