2013: Will the Chinese exploration ship land on the Moon?

A Chinese exploration ship will land on the Moon next year, and the preparation process for this project is going smoothly, according to the State Administration of Science - Technology and Defense Industry. China.

According to the Chinese state news agency Xinhua, it is the third probe that China launched into space to explore the Moon, after the Hang Nga 1 ships (launched in 2007) and Hang Nga 2 (launched five). 2010).

Unlike Hang Nga 1 and Hang Nga 2, it will land on Ms. Hang's surface and will transmit to Earth the results of the Moon's surface survey. As planned, it will be launched in the second half of 2013.

If it succeeds, China will for the first time enter its name into a group of countries that bring exploration ships to the surface of the Moon, while hitting a new milestone in Beijing's space development program.

Earlier in its latest Cosmic White Paper, China announced it was working hard to bring people to the Moon without giving a specific timeframe.

In 1999, the country launched the Shenzhou unmanned spacecraft 1. Two years later, they launched the Shenzhou 2 ship with small animals, and in 2003 launched a manned spacecraft.