China’s lunar probe to attempt ‘soft landing’ : The Chang’e-3 lunar probe, which will be launched from the Xichang centre in western China at 11 pm IST on Sunday night (1.30 am Monday morning local time), will carry a Moon rover that will survey the lunar surface and explore for natural resources. Only the U.S. and the erstwhile Soviet Union have carried out soft landings, and no country has done so since 1976. India and the European Space Agency have carried out “hard landings”. The unmanned Chandrayaan-1 was India’s first unmanned lunar probe. (Courtesy : The Hindu)
Posted on: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 18:12:47 +0000
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