Moon mission: Who (or what) are Wangyu and Tansuo?

China has big plans for Space and Moon exploration in the future

The Chinese space agency has announced the names of a new spacesuit and lunar rover that will be used on its planned missions to the moon.

Wangyu means 'gazing into the cosmos' and is the name given to the spacesuit.

The rover is Tansuo, which means 'to explore the unknown'.

The spacesuit has special features to make it work well on the Moon's surface

The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) asked people living in the country to send in their suggestions, and a panel of experts picked the two winners.

This comes after China announced it wanted to send astronauts to the Moon for the first time in their history by 2030.

They will be carried on a craft called Lanyue which means 'Embracing the Moon'.

The suit design was unveiled in 2024.

It's white with red stripes, and it's been specially made to deal with extreme temperatures, radiation and dust.

It's also much more flexible to allow astronauts to perform various tasks such as picking things up and climbing ladders more easily.

And there are cameras in the helmet to help record their findings while performing their tasks.

China wants to send two people to the moon in the next five years

China's space exploration programme has been making a lot of progress over the past few years.

Five years ago it became the first country to land a rover on the Moon's far side.

It also launched its own permanently crewed space station called Tiangong in 2021.