Chang'e-3 enters lunar orbit

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Chang'e-3 enters lunar orbit

BEIJING, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- China's Chang'e-3 probe entered a circular lunar orbit at 5:53 p.m. Friday Beijing Time, after about 112 hours on a Earth-Moon transfer orbit, the Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC) said.

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[seeder]

Not long now then... now for the hard bit...

[DONTEATUS]

I cant wait to see the little white box it pop`s outta to land on the Moon ! Please tell me this is real !

We will need more proof in one hour after the Landing ,just wait and see !

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Chang'e-3 probe moves closer to the moon

BEIJING, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- China's lunar probe Chang'e-3 entered an orbit closer to the moon on Tuesday night.

Following an order from the Beijing Aerospace Control Center, the probe descended from the 100 km-high lunar circular orbit to an elliptical orbit with its nearest point about 15 km away from the moon's surface, the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense said in a statement.

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