Oct. 24 - China re-enters the space race as it launches the country's first moon orbiter into space. Officials say the Chang'e One orbiter will circle the moon for over a year, mapping and analysing its surface. Beijing plans to follow the orbiter mission with a moon rover mission, probably in...
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India blasted into the international space race Wednesday with the successful launch of an ambitious two-year mission to study the moon's landscape. Most recently India's fellow Asian nations, China and Japan, put lunar orbiters in place. Japan launched the Kaguya orbiter in October 2007, follow...
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With China launching its first lunar probe and with the US space program reaching the nadir of its once poud orbit, it's time to ask whether China's reach for the stars poses a strategic military threat.
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China's lunar probe Chang'e 1 was launched on Oct.24, 2007. Chang'e 1's launch is the first stage of China's lunar exploration project that could put a man on the Moon within 15 years.
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The circumlunar satellite Chang'e-1 blasted off on a Long March3A carrier rocket at 6:05 p.m., Oct.24 from the No. 3 launching tower in the Xichang Satellite Launch Center of southwestern Sichuan Province.
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China’s first lunar probe, the Chang'e One, has completed its mission and crashed into the moon. The spacecraft had spent 16 months in orbit. The Chang'e 1 satellite impacted the lunar surface at 4:13 p.m. Beijing Time on Sunday. The spacecraft was launched in October, 2007 from the Xic...
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A Long March carrier rocket carrying China's Shenzhou VII spacecraft ignites during launch at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu province at 21:10 on Thursday, September 25, 2008
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