China launches first space craft

The Chang’e lunar probe blasted off on board an enhanced Long March-3B carrier rocket Monday from the Xichang satellite launch center in China’s southwestern Sichuan province. It has been named Yutu or Jade Rabbit buggy after a public vote.

 

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