Sounding Rocket launch for scientific reseach of high-altitude atmosphere
14 May 2013
Chinese scientists conducted on 13 May an experiment in the high-altitude atmosphere and near-Earth space with the launch of a sounding rocket. The National Space Science Center (NSSC) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences said the rocket was launched at 9 p.m. Monday, 13 May, from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China. The experiment was designed to investigate energetic particles and magnetic fields in the ionized stratum and near-Earth space.
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Photos from Chang'e 3 thermal vacuum testing
09 May 2013
Photos from Chang'e 3 thermal vacuum testing were published by Emily Lakdawalla on the Planetary Society Blog.
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China's Lunar Programm Chief Commander is advocating lunar and Martian exploration - China's Moon rover is expected to work for 3 to 6 months
08 May 2013
Ye Peijian, Chief Designer of Chang'e-1, China's first Moon probe, and Chief Commander of the Chang'e-2 and Chang'e-3 missions. "We are able to reach Mars which is 400 million kilometers from Earth, and has the ability to conduct remote monitoring and control and communication in Mars exploration." "It is expected that in the second half of this year China will launch Chang'e-3 for scientific exploration of the Moon, to achieve 'landing on the Moon' for the first time, with the lunar rover to work on the Moon for three to six months and complete the data detection and send them back," Ye said. He expects that around 2020, China is to realize the collection and return of lunar soil.
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Chinese space program: Four challenges for Mars exploration
08 May 2013
Ye Peijian, academician of the Chinese Academy of Science and Chief Designer of Chang'e-1, China's first Moon probe, and Chief Commander of the Chang'e-2 and Chang'e-3 missions, said, based on comprehensive consideration, China has no clear Mars exploration program at the present. Therefore, experts have called for carrying it out as soon as possible. Mars is regarded as the most suitable of the inner planets for human settlements next to the Earth. It has been the first choice for global scientific and technological power’s planet exploration.
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