Sunday 01 December 2013
It is a sign of the strength of the nation: China is on the way to the moon. His spaceship is on 14 December land – in the “Bay of the rainbow”. The mission with controlled from Germany.
third nation in the world wants to take a moon landing China. A rocket of type “Long March 3B” the spaceship “Chang’e 3″ was successfully launched from Xichang space center in Sichuan province in Southwest China. 19 minutes later, the lunar spacecraft separated from the rocket and fired its engine to embark on a week-long trip. The first moon landing in China is for the 14 December planned in the “Bay of the Rainbow” (Sinus Iridium) – one of the most beautiful lunar landscapes
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China would thus after the United States and the former Soviet Union the third nation that has made a lunar landing. A “Jadehase” (Yutu) called lunar rover to explore the surface. Via remote control of the six-wheel and 140-kilogram rover is around curves for three months and also search for raw materials, such as the State agency emphasized. The “Jadehase” can cover 200 meters per hour. Finally, the Soviet Union had made land with a Luna 24 probe on the earth satellite 37 years ago in August 1976.
support from Darmstadt
The launch of the spaceship was carried out at “ideal weather conditions,” with temperatures slightly below zero degrees and little wind in Xichang. The engines and rocket stages parted a few minutes after take-off problems of the rocket. All systems functioned “normally”, reported the ground control. State television said, after half an hour of a “success”.
Immediately after the launch of “Chang’e 3″ was the European Space Agency (ESA) follow the flight of the Space Station in Kourou, French Guiana, and forward control commands. The support is coordinated by the control center in Darmstadt. “International co-operation such as this is necessary and beneficial to all for future exploration of planets, moons or asteroids – whether it’s manned or unmanned flights,” said the space flight director and former German astronaut Thomas Reiter
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probe is named after a fairy
The landing on the moon and the lunar rover on two Chinese stations are remotely controlled in Kashi in the outer western China as well as in the northeastern Jiamusi. Then measurements are made in order to help the Chinese to accurately determine the exact location of the lunar module on the Esa-antennas in Ceberos in Spain and in New Norcia in Australia. A return with rock samples to Earth, China plans only for future lunar landings later than 2017.
It was the 25th Launch a rocket of type “Long March 3B”. With more than three meters in diameter and 56 meters height the rocket is so far the most viable model. The spaceships of the lunar program is named after the legendary Chinese moon fairy “Chang’e”. According to an online survey the lunar rover was named after its “Jadehasen” with which she squats according to the legend on the moon.
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The probe is different from previous Lunar Lander of the U.S. and the Soviet Union can hover about 100 feet above the surface to avoid obstacles and to be able to choose the suitable place to land. “Chang’e” is equipped with precise and fast-responding sensors to analyze movement and environment can, Xinhua wrote. The popular among lunar observers “Bay of the Rainbow” was flat, what the communication is appropriate. Also there was plenty of sunshine for solar sails, to produce electricity.
China is pursuing an ambitious space program. It plans to build a space station with the expiry of the International Space Station may be the only manned outpost in space is likely to be 2020. With a satellite network China is also building a global navigation system. Only in 2003, China has first put an astronaut into space.
Source: n-tv.de
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