China launches Moon mission

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China launches Moon mission…

A Chinese rocket carrying a probe destined for the Moon has blasted into space. A Long March 3C rocket with the Chang’e-2 probe took off from Xichang launch centre at about 1100 GMT. The rocket will shoot the craft into the trans-lunar orbit, after which the satellite is expected to reach the Moon in about five days. Chang’e-2 will be used to test key technologies and collect data for future landings. The latest launch, to test key technologies and gather data, is China’s second lunar mission. China says it will send a rover on its next mission, and it also has ambitions to put humans on the surface of the lunar body at some future date.

Nice work, I’m looking forward to people revisiting the moon.

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