China denied the image from NASA

China denies Internet news that the first photographs of the Moon of the Hang Nga 1 explorer, which the country announced last week, are actually the United States Aeronautics and Space Agency ( NASA).

China's first Lunar explorer ship, Chang Er 1, was launched into space in October and sent photos of the moon's gray and protruding surface last week. This mission is considered by China to be ' successful '.

However, some Chinese netizens questioned the authenticity of the photos when they compared it to NASA Moon images provided in 2005 and thought they were almost identical.

Ouyang Ziyuan, the scientist who is primarily responsible for the operation of the explorer ship, responded to the Beijing Times interview: 'This result is not fake. The photos look the same because they capture a region in the southern hemisphere of the Moon. If people look closely, they will recognize the differences. ' Ouyang explained that there are two craters at a location in the image of China, but the same position in the picture of the United States is only one. It is likely that the US camera resolution or the Moon may have been hit by another planet sometime between 2005 and 2007.

According to the Beijing Times, the Moon's three-dimensional image published by Hang Nga 1 was released on Sunday and data from satellites will be announced to the public.

Photograph of the moon surface sent by Hang Nga 1 ship. (Photo: Reuters)

Premier Wen Jiabao in a ceremony to present a picture of China's moon surface at Beijing Space Control Center on November 26 (Photo: Reuterrs)