Chang'e-3 enters lunar orbit
Posted: Sat, Dec 7, 2013, 10:02 AM ET (1502 GMT)
A Chinese spacecraft entered lunar orbit on Friday in preparation for a landing on the lunar surface in about a week. Chang'e-3 fired its main engine for six minutes on Friday, entering a 100-kilometer lunar orbit at 4:53 am EST (0953 GMT, 5:53 pm Beijing time) Friday, according to Chinese officials. Chang'e-3, which launched early Monday, is scheduled to land on the lunar surface in mid-December, most likely December 14. Chang'e-3 is China's third mission to the Moon, but will be its first spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon.
A Chinese spacecraft entered lunar orbit on Friday in preparation for a landing on the lunar surface in about a week. Chang'e-3 fired its main engine for six minutes on Friday, entering a 100-kilometer lunar orbit at 4:53 am EST (0953 GMT, 5:53 pm Beijing time) Friday, according to Chinese officials. Chang'e-3, which launched early Monday, is scheduled to land on the lunar surface in mid-December, most likely December 14. Chang'e-3 is China's third mission to the Moon, but will be its first spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon.
Related Links:
| <<previous article | next article>> |
|
news in brief
|
|
|
|
news links
|
|
Tuesday, July 21
SpaceX suffers rare, last-second Falcon 9 rocket launch abort
Spaceflight Now — 6:43 am ET (1043 GMT) AI rocket engine startup LegendSpace raises $29.5 million angel round
Space News — 6:41 am ET (1041 GMT) Pipelines to payloads: risk management lessons for the space economy
Space News — 6:41 am ET (1041 GMT) Italian startup ORiS raises funding for laser power-beaming technology
Space News — 6:41 am ET (1041 GMT) IHI explores Kuva hyperspectral satellites for Japan’s multi-sensor constellation
Space News — 6:40 am ET (1040 GMT) |
