This week saw the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) reveal new maps of the Moon. Thus far, nothing unusual, except maybe for the amazing resolution and level of detail these products contain. CNSA is indeed beginning to catch up with Russia, Europe and the US in space exploration.The data used to compile t... |
11 February 2012
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Chang'e 2, a robotic spacecraft built and operated by the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA), recently left lunar orbit, and moved on to a new leg of its mission. The probe is now headed to deep-space, collecting data and relaying them back to Earth.The vehicle left lunar orbit on June 9, beginning an ... |
16 June 2011
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Though launched just a month ago, the Chinese Chang'e 2 space probe has already began sending back images of the Moon, experts at the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announce. The goal of the new spacecraft is to spend more than 6 months conducting operations in lunar orbit, while at the same time sco... |
9 November 2010
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Officials with the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) announce that their new lunar orbiter has just achieved orbital injection around the Moon yesterday, October 6.The spacecraft managed to successfully complete an intricate aerobrake maneuver, that ensured it remains in a correct orbit around Earth's... |
7 October 2010
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Late yesterday night, the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) launched their second robotic probe headed for the Moon. The mission is part of the country's ambitious efforts to become a power in space as well. The spacecraft took off on October 1, at 1059 GMT (6:59 EDT), from the Xichang Space Center, i... |
2 October 2010
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Following the successful launch of the Chang'e 1, the first Chinese lunar orbiter, Chang'e 2 is supposed to launch in the course of next year, only to become the second probe in the Chang'e program. The third, Chang'e 3, will most likely be a robotic lander that is expected to launch somewhere aro... |
4 March 2008
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Chang'e 1 has entered its final orbit around the moon on Wednesday and everyone's attention was drawn onto the future of China's space program, but surprisingly a Chinese official backed away the reports of plans of its space program to build its own space station by the year 2020.Chang'e 1 was na... |
8 November 2007
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A month after the rival nation Japan achieved the same thing, China has its very own lunar orbiter as from today. Chang'e 1 is part of an exploration program named Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, which involves collecting data from the Moon's orbit for a future human mission and is composed of two other ... |
5 November 2007
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