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There are three countries that have sent space craft to the moon, the U.S., Russia and the third which soft landed a rover there back in 2013 is China. But China hopes to become the first country to explore the dark side of the moon or the far side.

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'Part-Time Scientists' Compete to Put a Rover on Moon 业余科学家加入月球探测器研发竞争 Sixteen teams from around the world have set their sights on the moon... and the $30 million Google Lunar XPRIZE. The challenge - issued in 2007 -

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In 1970, the Soviet Union put a laser reflector on the moon, carried by a rover. A few months later, it disappeared. Some speculated that the rover had fallen into a crater or parked in such a way as to render the reflector inaccessible. Now after 40

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据《科学》杂志报道，苏联的月球车40年前在月球表面留下了激光反射器，虽然经过多年的搜寻科学家始终没有发现激光反射器的踪迹。 4月22日，一组物理学家终于发现了来自反射器的微弱闪

Mars Rover Finds Evidence of Ancient Sea

Mars Rover Finds Evidence of Ancient Sea David McAlary The U.S. space agency NASA says Mars once had a shallow, salty sea that could have supported life. The evidence has come from chemical and physic

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U.S. rover landing on Mars to be live broadcast

WASHINGTON, July 31 (Xinhua) -- U.S. space agency NASA on Tuesday confirmed its most advanced planetary rover, Curiosity will land on the Martian surface at 1:31 a.m. EDT (0531 GMT) on Aug. 6 and the landing process will be broadcast live from Times

CCTV9英语新闻11月：嫦娥三号12月发射 中国月球车首次登陆月球

China has held its first press conference on the Chang'e-3 moon rover mission, which will be called Yutu. The State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense says the lunar rover, will be launched in early December. Its

Chinese firm to send Spanish rover to moon in 2014

MADRID, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- China Great Wall Industry Corporation will send a Spanish rover to the moon in June 2014, according to the Galactic Suite company which heads the Barcelona Moon Team that is competing in the Google Lunar X Prize contest to

U.S. delays launch of Mars rover

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- The launch of the Mars Science Laboratory, which contains the car-sized Curiosity rover, has been delayed by a day to Nov. 26, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced Monday. The delay w

Mars rover Spirit ends mission

LOS ANGELES, May 25 (Xinhua) -- NASA project managers bade farewell to the Mars rover Spirit on Wednesday after sending a final set of commands to the stranded vehicle. This marks the completion of one of the most successful missions of interplanetar

CCTV9英语新闻11月：中国在12月发射月球探测器嫦娥3

China has held its first press conference on the Change-3 moon rover mission, which will be called Yutu. The State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense says the lunar rover, will be launched in early December. Its

CCTV9英语新闻12月：嫦娥3任务使用尖端的深空跟踪

By CCTV reporte Han Bin The Change-3 lunar probe will be the countrys first attempt at a soft landing on any extra terrestrial surface and the first moon landing by any country in almost 40 years. The extreme distances present new challenges for the

中国月球探测车工作稳定

中国月球探测车工作稳定 BEIJING, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- China's moon rover, Yutu (Jade Rabbit), worked in stable condition following its restart after a nap on Friday night, according to the Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC). The six-whe

NASA: Confident, Anxious Ahead of Mars Rover Landing

The Curiosity rover is the centerpiece of NASA's $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory mission. The U.S. space agency is preparing for the rover to land on the Red Planet on Monday [August 6 at 5:31 UTC]. Curiosity has traveled some 566 million kilome

NASA's Mars rover arrives in Florida

WASHINGTON, June 23 (Xinhua) -- NASA's next Mars rover has completed the journey from its California birthplace to Florida in preparation for launch this fall, the U.S. space agency said Thursday in a statement. The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rove

NASA close to deciding Mars rover landing site

BEIJING, May 16 (Xinhuanet) -- NASA is close to deciding on a landing site for its Mars rover Curiosity mission by narrowing the choices to four, media reports said Monday. Scientists in the close-knit Mars research community get one last chance to m

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本期内容： China is preparing to make the first attempt at landing robotic spacecraft on the Moon's far side. A static lander and rover are expected to be deployed to the surface in the next day, state media reports. The vehicles are carrying a

NASA’s Rover Ends Mission after 15 Years

The American space agency NASA had expected its rover called Opportunity to operate on Mars for just 90 days. But the vehicle kept exploring for 15 years after landing on the red planet. Opportunity landed on Mars in 2004. Scientists finally lost con