China confirms Moon probe in 2007
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China will launch its first unmanned mission to the Moon later this year, a senior space official confirms.
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By Greg AutryChina recently shot down an aging Chinese weather satellite -- a signal that China will not abide by the doctrine of U.S. space superiority outlined in the new National Space Policy released in October by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
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Urgent: European probe SMART-1 orbiter crashes into moon's surface    PARIS, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- The SMART-1 orbiter of the European Space Agency, a probe launched aboard an Aariane-5 rocket in September 2003, on Sunday crashed into the moon's surface.
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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 has become a member of the Space and Major Disasters Charter that provides satellite data to nations during natural or human origin disasters.
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China on Thursday revealed its plans for space  -- including space walking, spacecraft docking and the setting up of a space laboratory before 2010, state media reported.
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Europeâs first mission to the moon is just days away from its goal after taking the slow boat from Earth more than a year ago. The spacecraft, dubbed SMART-1, will make its first close pass by the moon on the evening of Nov.
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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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China's second manned space mission will take place in September 2005, state media Thursday quoted a high ranking space official as saying.
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Nasa says it will start building a permanent base on the Moon after astronauts return there in 2020.
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India&#39;s unmanned moon mission -Chandrayan - is expected to take place in 2007-08 as it is progressing smoothly, the country&#39;s space agency chief G. Madhavan Nair said Sunday in New Delhi.
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On Jan. 14, the Huygens space probe is scheduled to land on Titan, a moon of Saturn. The Huygens probe is aboard the US spacecraft Cassini, which was launched on Oct. 15, 1997.
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China on Sunday launched a satellite that will carry out land surveying and other scientific projects for several days and return to Earth, government media reported.
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With the launch of the Changâe-1 satellite, China moved a step closer to fulfilling its ambitions of reaching the moon.
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Despite more than four decades of lunar missions, the moon remains a mystery to the scientific community, say space experts gathered at an international meeting.
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15 launches planned for 2008 China will this year launch 15 rockets, deploy 17 satellites and mount its third manned space mission, the country's secretary-general of the Commission of Science Technology and Industry for National Defence has announced.â¦
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China said it would launch 15 rockets, 17 satellites and its third mission with astronauts in 2008. Huang Qiang, secretary-general of the Commission of Science Technology and Industry for National Defense, made the announcement at a news conference, the Xinhua news agency said.