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Moon rover sets off on epic journey for China

The launch of China's lunar probe Chang'e-3 was "successful," the Xichang Satellite Launch Center announced today.

Zhang Zhenzhong, director of the center, made the announcement after the lunar probe entered the earth-moon transfer orbit and unfolded its solar panels.

Chang'e-3 lunar probe, aboard a Long March-3B carrier rocket, blasted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China at 1:30am today.

It is expected to soft-land on the moon in mid-December.




 

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