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China Replicate Apollo Moon Landings
Friday, August 1, 2014 5:51
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China says it has successfully landed a craft carrying a robotic rover on the surface of the Moon, a major step in its programme of space exploration.
On Saturday afternoon (GMT), a landing module underwent a powered descent, using thrusters to perform the first soft landing on the Moon in 37 years.
Several hours later, the lander will deploy a robotic rover called Yutu, which translates as “Jade Rabbit”.
The touchdown took place on a flat plain called Sinus Iridum.
The mission launched on a Chinese-developed Long March 3B rocket on 1 December from Xichang in the country’s south.
Whoever posted this story needs to improve his or her grammar starting from the headline; and secondly, this was essentially the same story the Washington Post ran in December of 2013. Why would this be posted now with no proper credit given?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/china-successfully-completes-first-soft-landing-on-moon-in-37-years/2013/12/14/fad6ffb4-64c6-11e3-af0d-4bb80d704888_story.html
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