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November 06, 2014

China gears up for lunar mission after round-trip success
Beijing (XNA) Nov 04, 2014
The head of China's lunar probe program has called for a thorough analysis of data collected from the test lunar orbiter, which returned Saturday, to speed up work on Chang'e-5, the star of the 2017 lunar mission. With the test lunar orbiter landing early Saturday in north China after an eight-day flight, China joined the Soviet Union and the United States and became the third nation to realize a return mission to the Moon. "The mission was realized with stable flight and precision in launch ... read more

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