Chinese space authorities planning to launch 40 different aircraft into orbit . One of the ships will be ' space bus ' which can launch 10 satellites at once . Yuanzheng 1 - nation 's largest ever rocket - can restart its orbit 20 times . It became third country to launch manned space mission in march 2003 . In 2013 , ' soft - landed ' first landing on the moon since Soviet mission in 1976 .
Chinese space authorities planning to send 40 different aircraft into orbit . One of the ships will be 'space bus ' which can launch 10 satellites at once . Yuanzheng 1 - China 's largest ever rocket - can restart its engine 20 times . It became third country to launch manned space mission in October 2003 . In 2013 , 'soft-landed ' first object on the moon since Soviet mission in 1976 .