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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