Saturday, December 14, 2013

Chinese spacecraft first landed on the moon - TVNZ

On Saturday, December 14, Chinese spacecraft successfully landed on the surface of the Moon . On Earth satellite he delivered moonwalker “Yuytu” (“Jade Hare”) , so named after the mythological animal.

Apparatus

prilunilsya crater near Rainbow Bay in the evening around 21 pm local time. Thus, the Chinese became the third in the world after the U.S. and the USSR, whose research vehicles successfully prilunilis.

experts noted, this event has become a very important stage in the program of China on space exploration and transmits “Bi-bi-si».
planned that the self-propelled unit will operate on the moon for at least three months. Lunokhod able to move at a speed of 200 meters per hour and climb slopes with an angle of 30 degrees. Engines and equipment rover will be powered by two solar panels. At the bottom of the device installed radar, with which it is possible to study the structure of the soil to a depth of about 30 m
As you know, in 2020 the Chinese want to build and put into operation its own space station, and in the future even send a man to the moon.

BTW

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September 28, 2009 the Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 found water on the moon. This is not the first to find satellites. We’ve compiled the most interesting ones (read more)

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