{"id":5479,"date":"2013-11-30T19:01:52","date_gmt":"2013-11-30T19:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5479"},"modified":"2013-11-30T19:08:43","modified_gmt":"2013-11-30T19:08:43","slug":"china-to-launch-lunar-landerrover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5479","title":{"rendered":"China to launch lunar lander\/rover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chang'e_3\" target=\"_d\">Chang\u2019e 3<\/a><\/em>\u00a0lunar lander\/rover combo is set to launch this Monday, December 2nd at 1:20 am local time (Sunday, 12:20 pm EST, 5:20 pm GMT) from the the Xichang space center in Sichuan province in southwestern China. It will land on the Moon on December 14th.<\/p>\n<p>The \u00a0rover is named\u00a0<em>Yutu<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0<em>Jade Rabbit<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0(see earlier <a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5464\">post here<\/a>) .<\/p>\n<p>This would be the first spacecraft to make a\u00a0soft landing\u00a0on the Moon since the\u00a0Soviet Union put the\u00a0<a title=\"Luna 24\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luna_24\">Luna 24<\/a>\u00a0rover on the Moon \u00a0in 1976.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/china\/change3\/131127change3\/#.UposrNJDttA\" target=\"_d\">Chinese moon lander on the verge of launch &#8211; Spaceflight Now<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.xinhuanet.com\/english\/china\/2013-11\/30\/c_132930356.htm\" target=\"_d\">China to launch Chang&#8217;e-3 lunar probe early Monday &#8211; Xinhua<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.cntv.cn\/program\/newshour\/20131130\/102443.shtml\" target=\"_d\">Good weather before Chang\u00b4e-3\u00b4s launch in Xichang &#8211; CCTV News\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0(video, see below)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.cntv.cn\/program\/newshour\/20131130\/102473.shtml\" target=\"_d\">Senior advisor explains key details of lunar mission &#8211; CCTV News<\/a>\u00a0(video, see below)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/live.china.org.cn\/2013\/11\/29\/coming-soon-china-launches-change-3-lunar-probe\/\" target=\"_d\">Coming soon: China launches Chang\u2019e-3 lunar probe &#8211; China.org.cn Live<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/alexknapp\/2013\/11\/30\/china-will-kick-off-december-by-launching-a-probe-to-the-moon\/\" target=\"_d\">China Will Kick Off December By Launching A Probe To The Moon &#8211; Forbes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object id=\"v_player_cctv\" width=\"500\" height=\"309\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" bgcolor=\"#000000\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"adCall=http%3A\/\/a.cctv.com\/xtserver\/site%3Denglish.cntv.cn\/aamsz%3DVOD_ADS\/CHANNEL%3DCN10\/sorts%3DC2407300000207\/keyword%3DNHnews\/sorts_special%3D&amp;videoId=20131130102443&amp;filePath=\/flvxml\/2009\/11\/30\/&amp;isAutoPlay=false&amp;url=http:\/\/english.cntv.cn\/program\/newshour\/20131130\/102443.shtml&amp;tai=english&amp;configPath=http:\/\/js.player.cntv.cn\/xml\/config\/outside.xml&amp;widgetsConfig=&amp;languageConfig=http:\/\/js.player.cntv.cn\/xml\/english\/main.xml&amp;hour24DataURL=&amp;outsideChannelId=channelBugu&amp;videoCenterId=48da333770354cfbb95aad30afce7b59\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"menu\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"best\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/player.cntv.cn\/standard\/cntvOutSidePlayer.swf\" \/><param name=\"lk_mediaid\" value=\"lk_juiceapp_mediaPopup_1257416656250\" \/><param name=\"lk_media\" value=\"yes\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object id=\"v_player_cctv\" width=\"500\" height=\"309\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" bgcolor=\"#000000\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"adCall=http%3A\/\/a.cctv.com\/xtserver\/site%3Denglish.cntv.cn\/aamsz%3DVOD_ADS\/CHANNEL%3DCN10\/sorts%3DC2407300000207\/keyword%3DNHnews\/sorts_special%3D&amp;videoId=20131130102473&amp;filePath=\/flvxml\/2009\/11\/30\/&amp;isAutoPlay=false&amp;url=http:\/\/english.cntv.cn\/program\/newshour\/20131130\/102473.shtml&amp;tai=english&amp;configPath=http:\/\/js.player.cntv.cn\/xml\/config\/outside.xml&amp;widgetsConfig=&amp;languageConfig=http:\/\/js.player.cntv.cn\/xml\/english\/main.xml&amp;hour24DataURL=&amp;outsideChannelId=channelBugu&amp;videoCenterId=03a2aaf58b984d62b91a9b917a2ba30d\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"menu\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"best\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/player.cntv.cn\/standard\/cntvOutSidePlayer.swf\" \/><param name=\"lk_mediaid\" value=\"lk_juiceapp_mediaPopup_1257416656250\" \/><param name=\"lk_media\" value=\"yes\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese\u00a0Chang\u2019e 3\u00a0lunar lander\/rover combo is set to launch this Monday, December 2nd at 1:20 am local time (Sunday, 12:20 pm EST, 5:20 pm GMT) from the the Xichang space center in Sichuan province in southwestern China. It will land on the Moon on December 14th. The \u00a0rover is named\u00a0Yutu\u00a0or\u00a0Jade Rabbit\u00a0\u00a0(see earlier post here) . &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5479\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">China to launch lunar lander\/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":[79,78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chinese-space","category-mars"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1qn","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5464,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5464","url_meta":{"origin":5479,"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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