14 October 2014

Space.com columnist Leonard David provides an extensive report about China's next lunar mission, Chang'e 4 which is supposed to be launched on October 23 from the Satellite Launch Center in Xichang. The main goal for this mission is to test and validate technologies such as atmospheric re-entry for the future rover mission Chang'e 5 which goal it will be to collect samples -and-return-to-Earth mission.

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