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The Chinese Lunar Exploration Program (CLEP; Chinese: 中国探月工程; pinyin: Zhōngguó Tànyuè Gōngchéng), also known as the Chang'e Project (Chinese: 嫦娥工程; pinyin: Cháng'é Gōngchéng) after the Chinese Moon goddess Chang'e, is an ongoing series of robotic Moon missions by the China National Space Administration (CNSA).
In fact, Chang'e 4 was built as a backup to Chang'e 3, [45] and based on the experience and results from that mission, Chang'e 4 was adapted to the specifics of the new mission. [46] The lander and rover were launched by Long March 3B rocket on 7 December 2018, 18:23 UTC, six months after the launch of the Queqiao relay satellite.
On 8 November 2010, the Chinese government announced the success of all of Chang'e 2's mission objectives, [27] and published lunar surface images with a resolution of up to 1.3 metres (4.3 ft). [28] In February 2012, the Chinese government released a complete lunar map constructed from Chang'e 2's data, claiming that it was the highest ...
The mission is designed as part of a broader set of lunar ambitions, which include China’s plans to establish an international lunar research station at the moon’s south pole by 2040.
China launched a three-member crew to its orbiting space station on Thursday as part of its ambitious program that aims to put astronauts on the moon by 2030. The Shenzhou-18 spacecraft lifted off ...
China’s first manned space mission in 2003 made it the third country after the former Soviet Union and the U.S. to put a person into space using its own resources.
2030 (TBD) [13] [14] Angara A5 / DM-03: Vostochny Site 1A: Roscosmos: Luna 28: Roscosmos: Selenocentric: Lunar lander Lunar sample return Sample return mission. 2030 (TBD) [15] Ariane 62: Kourou ELA-4: Arianespace: NEOMIR: ESA: Sun–Earth L 1: Near-Earth object detection Infrared astronomy Near-Earth Object Mission in the InfraRed (NEOMIR ...
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