The Chinese National Space Administration has successfully launched its Chang’e-3 lunar probe to the moon . If all sound well from here , it ’ll be the first Chinese spacecraft to bring down on an extraterrestrial body — and the first scouter to land on the moon in four decades .
The six - wheel around rover , promise “ Jade Rabbit ” in English , is expected to start lurch the lunar surface in about two weeks . The probe blast aboard a Long March 3B Eruca vesicaria sativa from China ’s Xichang spaceport at 12:30 p.m. EST on Sunday , or 1:30 a.m. Monday Beijing time .
China ’s ‘ Jade Rabbit ’ Rover Heads For The Moon On Sunday
The entire launch was captured by the land - run CCTV , demonstrate incredible multi - camera shots of the booster jettison , spacecraft separation , thruster firings , and some dizzying horizon of Earth taken from cameras aboard the booster .
[ ViaCCTV ]
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