{"id":5684,"date":"2013-12-14T07:21:38","date_gmt":"2013-12-14T07:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5684"},"modified":"2013-12-14T07:27:27","modified_gmt":"2013-12-14T07:27:27","slug":"chinas-change-3-set-to-land-on-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5684","title":{"rendered":"China&#8217;s Chang&#8217;e 3 set to land on the Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chang'e_3\" target=\"_blank\">Chang&#8217;e 3<\/a> spacecraft is expected to land on the Moon on Saturday\u00a0at 9:40 p.m. Beijing local time, 8:40 a.m. EST. There may be live coverage at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/english.cntv.cn\/live\/p2p\/index.shtml\" target=\"_d\">CCTV News Live &#8211; P2P Live Streaming &#8211; English_CCTV.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Background info:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/live.china.org.cn\/2013\/12\/13\/coming-soon-change-3-lands-on-the-moon\/\" target=\"_d\">Coming soon: Chang\u2019e 3 lands on the moon &#8211; China.org.cn \u00a0\u2013 Live updates\u00a0<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/china.org.cn\/china\/node_7194823.htm\" target=\"_d\">Chang\u2018e 3_China.org.cn<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; updates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.cntv.cn\/program\/newsupdate\/20131214\/101975.shtml\" target=\"_d\">China\u00b4s first lunar probe to land on moon Saturday CCTV News &#8211; CNTV English<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.xinhuanet.com\/english\/china\/2013-12\/14\/c_132967811.htm\" target=\"_d\">Chang&#8217;e-3 moon landing set for Sat. night &#8211; Xinhua | English.news.cn<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xinhuanet.com\/english\/special\/change3\/\" target=\"_d\">Lunar Probe Chang&#8217;e-3 &#8211; Special Report &#8211; English.news.cn<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; updates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/2013\/12\/china-jade-rabbit-lunar-arrival\/\" target=\"_d\">China\u2019s Chang\u2019e-3 and Jade Rabbit duo preparing for Lunar arrival &#8211; NASASpaceFlight.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.universetoday.com\/107169\/chinas-change-3-moon-rover-descends-to-lower-orbit-sets-up-historic-soft-landing\/\" target=\"_d\">China\u2019s Chang\u2019e-3 Moon Rover Descends to Lower Orbit Sets Up Historic Soft Landing &#8211; Universe Today<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blogs\/emily-lakdawalla\/2013\/12130915-change-3-landing-tomorrow.html\" target=\"_d\">Chang&#8217;e 3 landing tomorrow 13:40 UT, earlier than previously reported &#8211; The Planetary Society<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Chang'e-3 enters orbit closer to moon\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/live.china.org.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/eey.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"388\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>China\u2019s lunar probe Chang\u2019e 3 is expected to land on Sinus Iridum of the moon<\/em><br \/>\n<em> in mid-December. [Xinhua]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese Chang&#8217;e 3 spacecraft is expected to land on the Moon on Saturday\u00a0at 9:40 p.m. Beijing local time, 8:40 a.m. EST. There may be live coverage at\u00a0CCTV News Live &#8211; P2P Live Streaming &#8211; English_CCTV.com. Background info: Coming soon: Chang\u2019e 3 lands on the moon &#8211; China.org.cn \u00a0\u2013 Live updates\u00a0 Chang\u2018e 3_China.org.cn\u00a0&#8211; updates China\u00b4s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5684\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">China&#8217;s Chang&#8217;e 3 set to land on the Moon<\/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":[79,13,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chinese-space","category-space-science","category-the-moon"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1tG","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5691,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5691","url_meta":{"origin":5684,"position":0},"title":"Chinese Chang&#8217;e 3 spacecraft lands on the Moon!","author":"TopSpacer","date":"December 14, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The Chinese Chang'e 3 spacecraft has landed successfully on the Moon:\u00a0Live: China lands moon probe - China.org.cn Live\u00a0 China\u2019s lunar probe Chang\u2019e 3 made a successful landing on the moon on Saturday night, Beijing Time, marking China\u2019s first spacecraft to soft-land on the surface of an extraterrestrial body. 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