[SIZE=+1]China joins the lunar landing club[/SIZE]
China National News
Sunday 1st March, 2009
China has revealed its first lunar probe has landed on the moon.China National News
Sunday 1st March, 2009
In a significant step forward in its space exploration program, China announced the satellite touched upon the lunar surface on Sunday.
The landing, which is part of China’s plan to land a vehicle on the moon in 2012, ends a 16-month mission through space.
China will soon send another rocket toward the moon to practice soft landings.
China has became the third country to send a manned flight into space following Russia and the United States.