Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 18:52
China`s lunar probe mission, which made the first soft-landing on the Moon since 1976, has collected a large amount of space observation and exploration data, authorities said today.
Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 20:05
China plans to launch lunar probe Chang`e 5 in 2017, the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence announced Monday.
Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 02:08
A day after the country finished its first lunar soft landing, both the lander and moon rover were functioning well, said Pei Zhaoyu, spokesperson for China`s lunar probe programme.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 11:25
Large pieces of debris from the rocket carrying China`s first Moon rover landed in a village more than a thousand kilometres from the launch site, damaging two houses.
Last Updated: Monday, December 2, 2013, 09:45
The launch of China`s lunar probe Chang`e-3 was "successful", the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre announced Monday.
Last Updated: Saturday, November 30, 2013, 21:10
Why is China so fixated on the moon? Well this obsession with the Moon is seemingly because of the moon being a `beautiful` source of minerals and energy, as said by a top Chinese scientist.
Last Updated: Tuesday, November 26, 2013, 12:40
China will send an unmanned space probe to the moon along with a rover early next month in what would be the country`s first lunar landing.
Last Updated: Wednesday, September 25, 2013, 19:14
China has invited the public to name a spacecraft on board China`s Chang`e-3 lunar probe, expected to be launched by the end of the year, a senior space scientist said Wednesday.
Last Updated: Wednesday, September 25, 2013, 19:13
Last Updated: Thursday, September 5, 2013, 21:27
Multiple "secret weapons" will be used on China`s Chang`e-3 lunar probe, scheduled for launch at the end of this year for a moon landing mission, a key scientist has said.
Last Updated: Monday, August 13, 2012, 17:53
China`s first moon rover will run on a nuclear-powered battery, a scientist said.
Last Updated: Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 16:22
China will launch its third lunar probe, Chang`e-3, to land a rover on Moon next year.
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