Chang'e-4 probe completes historic lunar soft-landing

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  Breathtaking 12 minutes for Chang'e-4's landing

  BEIJING, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Over about 12 dramatic minutes, China's Chang'e-4 probe descended and softly touched down on a crater on the far side of the moon on Thursday.Wu Weiren, chief designer of China's lunar exploration program, said Chang'e-3 landed on the Sinus Iridum, or the Bay of Rainbows, on the moon's near side, which is as flat as

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  First photo of the far side of the moon sent by China's Chang'e-4 probe

  First photo of the far side of the moon in human history sent by China's Chang'e-4 probe which landed at 10:26 am Beijing time on Thursday. (Photo:

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  Chang'e–4 probe enters elliptical lunar orbit for moon-landing

  At 8:55 am (Beijing Time) on Sunday morning, China’s lunar probe Chang’e-4 has successfully changed orbit in preparation for the first-ever soft landing on the moon’s far side. Once again, China is on the threshold of a historic first in its fast-paced exploration of Earth’s moon.The probe injected maneuver parameters at 4:55 am and its engine successfully ignited four hours