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| China launched the Chang'e-3 lunar probe with its first moon rover aboard early on Monday, Photo: cntv.cn |
Beijing, China launched its first ever moon mission early Monday. If the mission successful, they will make it the third nation after United States and the Soviet Union, that landed in the moon. The Chang'e-3 Lunar Probe who is unmanned launched at 1:30 a.m. Monday (12:30 p.m. ET Sunday). in Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province of China.
If perfect landing, that spacecraft will release Jade Rabbit or called Yutu in Chinese a six-wheeled lunar rover equipped with four cameras and two mechanical legs that can dig up soil samples, a designer for the rover told Xinhua last month. A public poll determined the the solar-powered robot's name, which comes from the white pet rabbit of the Chinese moon goddess Chang'e3. The rover will patrol the moon's surface for at least three months, according to Xinhua.
Beijing insists its space program is for peaceful purposes, but the U.S. Department of Defense has made clear it wants to prevent China's increasing space capabilities giving it any strategic advantage. China's President Xi Jinping said he wants China to establish as a space superpower and the mission has inspired widespread pride in China's growing technological prowess. State television showed a live broadcast of the rocket lifting off.
China says it will share the technological achievements of its manned space program with other nations, especially developing ones, and will offer to train astronauts from other countries.
Source: yahoo.com
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