China has conducted two spacewalks from its Tiangong space station in as many months and is advancing on its lunar exploration plans with a successful pad abort test of its crewed Mengzhou capsule. Meanwhile, an experimental spacecraft has made advances in in-space refueling.
Meanwhile, the next generation of reusable Chinese commercial rockets, many of which utilize methane and oxygen as propellants, are progressing on their path to maiden launches this year, with various successful static fires and a hop test.