{"id":4202,"date":"2013-08-29T19:26:11","date_gmt":"2013-08-29T19:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4202"},"modified":"2013-08-29T19:26:11","modified_gmt":"2013-08-29T19:26:11","slug":"china-sets-change-3-for-landing-on-the-moon-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4202","title":{"rendered":"China sets Chang&#8217;e-3 for landing on the Moon this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>China plans for the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chinese_Lunar_Exploration_Program#Phase_II_:_Soft_lander_.28Chang.27e_3_.26_4.29\" target=\"_blank\">Chang&#8217;e-3<\/a> mission to put the country&#8217;s first lander on the Moon by the end of this year:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.xinhuanet.com\/english\/china\/2013-08\/28\/c_132671366.htm\" target=\"_d\">China to launch lunar probe for landing mission &#8211; Xinhua<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2013\/08\/29\/world\/asia\/china-space\/\" target=\"_d\">China sets course for lunar landing this year &#8211; CNN.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-asia-china-23874524\" target=\"_d\">China plans unmanned moon lander launch &#8211; Bbc<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China plans for the Chang&#8217;e-3 mission to put the country&#8217;s first lander on the Moon by the end of this year: China to launch lunar probe for landing mission &#8211; Xinhua China sets course for lunar landing this year &#8211; CNN.com China plans unmanned moon lander launch &#8211; Bbc<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[79,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chinese-space","category-the-moon"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-15M","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5464,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5464","url_meta":{"origin":4202,"position":0},"title":"Chinese Chang&#8217;e 3 lunar lander soon to launch","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 28, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The Chinese are expected to launch the\u00a0Chang'e 3\u00a0lunar lander this Sunday, December 1st. 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