Shenja-1

The face of the asteroid Eros before the crash landing of the NEAR spacecraft. Photo: NASA

Spacecraft suicide missions

The Shenja 3 spacecraft lander. Photo: Chinese Space Agency, from CCTV broadcasts

The Chinese spacecraft Shanghai 3 landed safely on the moon

Loom slopes in the Mandel'shtam crater on the moon. The slopes were cut by small impact craters. Photo: NASA's LRO spacecraft

Earth's Moon - Summary of Findings Part 1

The launch of the chang'e 2 spacecraft

China launched the Chang'e-2 lunar mission

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The exploration of the moon - what was and where we stand now

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China has almost finished mapping the moon

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The Chinese lunar exploration program - the beginning of the second phase

China announces that in 2009 its second unmanned spacecraft will be launched to explore the moon
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Chinese spaceships with and without pilots

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The Shanghai 1 spacecraft has reached lunar orbit

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The Chinese spacecraft was launched to the moon

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The British also want to reach the moon

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Star Wars 2: Asia Takes The Moon