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Stories about: Chang'e 2

Chang'e 1 Followed By Chang'e 2 in 2009 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 04:06 GMT China Confused about its Space Program 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 05:02 GMT Chang'e 1 Enters the Moon's Orbit 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 07:01 GMT