{"id":5590,"date":"2013-12-07T22:59:59","date_gmt":"2013-12-07T22:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5590"},"modified":"2013-12-07T22:59:59","modified_gmt":"2013-12-07T22:59:59","slug":"change-3-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5590","title":{"rendered":"Chang’e 3 update"},"content":{"rendered":"

More about the Chinese\u00a0Chang\u2019e 3<\/a>\u00a0lunar spacecraft going into orbit around the Moon:\u00a0Chinese probe arrives in lunar orbit for moon landing – Spaceflight Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n

See also the earlier post here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The vehicle is expected to land on December 14th.<\/p>\n

Here’s a discussion of China’s goals for its lunar program:\u00a0Why is China targeting the moon — and should NASA as well? – Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

More about the Chinese\u00a0Chang\u2019e 3\u00a0lunar spacecraft going into orbit around the Moon:\u00a0Chinese probe arrives in lunar orbit for moon landing – Spaceflight Now. See also the earlier post here. The vehicle is expected to land on December 14th. Here’s a discussion of China’s goals for its lunar program:\u00a0Why is China targeting the moon — and … Continue reading Chang’e 3 update<\/span> →<\/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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chinese-space"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1sa","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5565,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5565","url_meta":{"origin":5590,"position":0},"title":"China’s Chang’e 3 enters lunar orbit","author":"TopSpacer","date":"December 6, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The Chinese\u00a0Chang'e 3\u00a0lunar lander and rover spacecraft has gone into orbit around the Moon. 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