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Will China's moon mission succeed in soft-land on the moon?

Will China's moon mission succeed in soft-land on the moon?

Asked by: Super Userkruijs in Science » Space
Settled on 12/14/2013 18:58 Settled by Super Userkruijs
Winning option:Yes China's first lunar rover landed on the moon Saturday, less than two weeks after it blasted off from Earth, Chinese state news reported.
See moment lunar rover lands

The landing makes China one of only three nations -- after the United States and the former Soviet Union -- to "soft-land" on the moon's surface, and the first to do so in more than three decades.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/14/world/asia/china-moon-landing/

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China launched ts first lunar probe early Monday, which, if all goes well, will make it only the third nation -- after the United States and the Soviet Union -- to soft-land on the moon.

The launch of the unmanned probe took place at 1:30 a.m. Monday (12:30 p.m. ET Sunday), state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

The Chang'e-3 blasted off from a Long March 3B rocket in Sichuan province located in southwest China and is expected to land on the moon's surface in mid-December.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/01/world/asia/china-lunar-probe/

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