China launches moon orbiter with patriotic blast
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XICHANG, China  - China launched its first moon orbiter on Wednesday amid a blaze of live-to-air patriotic propaganda celebrating the country's space ambitions and technological prowess.
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By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN  BEIJING - China's burgeoning space program has announced plans to launch its first astronomy satellite and participate in joint projects with Russia and France, state media reported Monday.
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China&#39;s second manned space flight will carry two astronauts into space and will orbit the Earth for five days. The country&#39;s space authorities made the announcement about the mission, which is scheduled for
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By STEPHANIE HOO     JIUQUAN, China  -- Rising space power China provided a rare peek into its top-secret launch center Wednesday, capitalizing on its recent success in orbit to promote the military-funded project as a lure for foreign investment and a key to growing prosperity.    A police car with flashing lights led busloads of international journalists across northwestern China's vast Gobi Desert to the Jiuquan space center, past armored patrol vehicles and a sign, in English: "Foreigners are not allowed to enter without permission."    It was the first time China let foreigners enter, though officials forbade photographs of the command-and-control center with its rows of computer screens or the mammoth assembly hall where workers built the spacecraft that lifted China's first astronaut into orbit last October...
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The Smart 1 lunar probe has entered into orbit around the Moon, the first ever European mission to do so.
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China either didn't know or didn't care that its test of a satellite killer would produce a spray of space debris. Either way, it's worrisome for the future use of space.  Another question is why China even bothered.
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Japan's space agency launched its much-delayed lunar probe Friday, beginning what it calls the largest mission to the moon since the U.S. Apollo flights.
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All systems are finally go for Japan's first lunar orbiter, which is scheduled for launch on August 16, officials announced yesterday.
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China&#39;s second manned space flight will orbit the earth for five days with two astronauts onboard in a mission scheduled next year.
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European Space Agency's Smart 1 probe is set to enter into orbit around the Moon on Monday.
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Early this morning, a small flash illuminated the surface of the Moon as the European Space Agencyâs SMART-1 spacecraft impacted onto the lunar soil, in the âLake of Excellenceâ region.
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Japan's space agency launches its first lunar orbiter for a year-long mission to explore the moon.
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China said its lunar probe had entered its final orbit around the moon Wednesday, but an official backed away from reports of launching a space station by 2020.
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China Sunday launched a satellite that will carry out land surveys and mapping for several days before returning to earth, the Xinhua news agency said.
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Beijing, Nov. 1. (PTI): China&#39;s second manned space flight will orbit the earth for five days with two astronauts on-board in a mission scheduled next year.
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PARIS, France -- Europe&#39;s first mission to the moon has successfully entered lunar orbit, a key milestone in its 13-month trip into space.
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China will launch its lunar orbiter Chang&#39;e 1 to explore the moon&#39;s environment and study the thickness of its soil by the end of 2007, according to a senior Chinese space expert in India.