{"id":4646,"date":"2013-09-25T18:43:51","date_gmt":"2013-09-25T18:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4646"},"modified":"2013-09-25T18:43:51","modified_gmt":"2013-09-25T18:43:51","slug":"china-announces-contest-to-name-lunar-rover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4646","title":{"rendered":"China announces contest to name lunar rover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/english.spacechina.com\/n16421\/index.html\" target=\"_d\">China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation<\/a> gave more details about the of the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chang%27e_3\" target=\"_d\">Chang&#8217;e 3<\/a> lunar lander\/rover hardware that will be launched to the Moon later this year. They also announced a contest to name the rover.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.xinhuanet.com\/english\/sci\/2013-09\/25\/c_132749975.htm\" target=\"_d\">China invites public to name spacecraft &#8211; Xinhua <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/pti-stories\/china-invites-public-to-name-spacecraft-113092500724_1.html\" target=\"_d\">China invites public to name spacecraft | Business Standard<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.xinhuanet.com\/english\/china\/2013-09\/25\/c_132750241.htm\" target=\"_d\">China unveils its first and unnamed moon rover &#8211; Xinhua <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.cri.cn\/11354\/2013\/09\/25\/2361s789412.htm\" target=\"_d\">China Unveils Its First and Unnamed Moon Rover &#8211; cri.cn<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is a BBC report on the mission:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tgVcCnU3qJY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation gave more details about the of the Chang&#8217;e 3 lunar lander\/rover hardware that will be launched to the Moon later this year. They also announced a contest to name the rover. China invites public to name spacecraft &#8211; Xinhua China invites public to name spacecraft | Business Standard China &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4646\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">China announces contest to name lunar rover<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/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":[79,16,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chinese-space","category-contests-and-games","category-the-moon"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1cW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5464,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5464","url_meta":{"origin":4646,"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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