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China aims to be first to land on dark side of moon
China has announced plans to make the first ever landing on the dark side of the moon in 2018, which would be a new milestone for the ambitious Chinese lunar program.
China is going to send the Chang’e-4 probe to the dark side of the moon in 2018, according to China’s State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (SASTIND), Xinhua news agency reports.
“The Chang’e-4’s lander and rover will make a soft landing on the back side of the moon, and will carry out in-place and patrolling surveys,”Liu Jizhong, the Chinese lunar exploration chief, said on Thursday, as cited by the Guardian.
He added that the spacecraft would explore geological conditions on the dark side, which is never visible to the Earth because of gravitational forces and is, therefore, poorly explored …. https://www.rt.com
Source: http://luismmx.blogspot.com/2016/01/china-aims-to-be-first-to-land-on-dark.html
