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: Saturday, November 30, 2013, 10:27
China will launch its first ever moon rover mission on Monday, state media said, as Beijing embarks on the latest stage in its ambitious space programme.
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: Wednesday, August 28, 2013, 21:29
China has begun the countdown for its third lunar mission later this year, during which it plans to land an orbiter on the moon`s surface.
Last Updated: Sunday, March 3, 2013, 18:30
In a stiff challenge to America`s Global Positioning System, China on Sunday said that its home-grown navigation system `BeiDou` will be achieving full-scale global coverage by around 2020.
Last Updated: Friday, March 1, 2013, 15:10
China has upgraded its rockets for an upcoming lunar mission, keeping up with its plan to emerge as a major power in space technology rivalling US and Russia.
Last Updated: Saturday, December 15, 2012, 14:09
China`s space probe Chang`e-2 has successfully conducted a manoeuvre in which it flew by the asteroid Toutatis, about seven million kilometres away from the Earth.
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