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Chang’E-2

‘Space Class’ Among Aims of Chinese Taikonauts Who Left Earth Today

June 11, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Riding atop a fiery Long March rocket, three taikonauts blasted off from Earth today (June 11) to kick off an expected 15-day mission in space that will include the first Chinese “space class” from orbit. Shenzhou 10 departed the Jiuquan Satellite Launch [...]

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China Unveils High Resolution Global Moon Map

February 8, 2012

Chinese scientists have assembled the highest resolution map ever created of the entire Moon and unveiled a series of global Moon images on Monday, Feb. 6. The composite Lunar maps were created from over 700 individual images captured by China’s Chang’e-2 spacecraft and released by the country’s State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for [...]

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Cool Chang’E 2 Videos

November 16, 2010

Emily Lakdawalla at the Planetary Society blog unearthed some really cool videos taken by the Chinese Chang’E 2 spacecraft at the Moon. The five engineering videos include Chang’E 2′s solar panel deployment, orbit insertion burn, the first and second orbital trim maneuvers, and low lunar orbit. They are all especially unique in that the video [...]

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First Images From Chang’E 2 Released

November 11, 2010

China’s space agency released the first images taken by the newest lunar orbiter, Chang’E 2. “The relaying back of the pictures shows that the Chang’e-2 mission is a success,” said Zhang Jiahao, director of the lunar exploration center of the China National Space Administration. During its expected 6-month mission the orbiter will come within 15km [...]

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China Launches Second Moon Mission

October 1, 2010

China successfully launched their second robotic mission, Chang’E-2, to the Moon. A Long March 3C rocket blasted off from Xichang launch center just before 1100 GMT on October 1. The satellite is scheduled to reach the Moon in five days, and so far, all the telemetry shows everything to be working as planned. It will [...]

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