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China’s moon rocket has started. If everything goes well and the probe lands in two weeks, then China is the United States and the former Soviet Union the third nation that lands on the moon.

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China has launched its moon rocket. If everything goes well and the probe lands in two weeks, then China is the United States and the former Soviet Union the third nation that lands on the moon.

China has successfully launched the spaceship “Chang’e 3″ on the way to the moon. A rocket of type “Long March 3B” started in on Monday night local time (CET Sunday) from the Xichang space center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province. The lunar probe to land in two weeks on the Earth’s satellite.

China would thus. according to the United States and the former Soviet Union the third nation that has made a moon landing The flight will be supported by observation stations of the European Space Agency ESA. Recently, the USSR had them land with “Luna 24″ a probe on the moon 37 years ago.

The launch took place at “ideal weather conditions,” with temperatures slightly below zero degrees and little wind in Xichang, as state television reported. The four thrusters and rocket stages separated after the start easily from the rocket. All systems functioned “normally”, reported the ground control.

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