CHINA CIRCLES MOON FIRST IN 50 YEARS

Added: 2026-05-21

[00:00:00]A foreign craft heads moonward.

[00:00:02]Americans alone.

[00:00:04]NASA chief said a nation will circle the moon 384,000 [music] km away.

[00:00:10]Capsule leaves lower Earth orbit.

[00:00:13]It travels to the moon and loops once safely.

[00:00:16]The flight lasts [music] 6 days.

[00:00:18]It would reach 0.1% light speed safely.

[00:00:22]6 days mirrors Apollo 8's flight.

[00:00:25]Jared Isaacman made the comment at the Ascend conference. [music] China will be the first nation besides the USA to circle the moon in 50 years.