No humans have set foot on the moon since the last NASA Apollo mission more than 50 years ago. Now both the US and China have plans.

Officials with the Chinese Manned Space Agency said in a news conference on Monday that the program plans to place astronauts on the moon before 2030 and expand its space station.

Monday’s announcement comes amid against the background of a rivalry with the U.S. for reaching new milestones in outer space.

The announcement formalized a timeline that Chinese scientists have set out before, as the United States and China ramp up competition in space.

China plans to place astronauts on the moon by 2030 and expand its orbiting space station, government officials announced Monday. The announcement is the "highest-level confirmation of China's ambitions for a crewed lunar landing,

China plans to land astronauts on the moon before 2030, which would be another advance in what's increasingly seen as a new space race. The U.S. aims to put astronauts back on the lunar surface by the end of 2025.

China’s burgeoning space program plans to place astronauts on the moon before 2030 and expand the country’s orbiting space station, officials said Monday. Mondays