{"id":9135,"date":"2014-10-30T12:05:38","date_gmt":"2014-10-30T16:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9135"},"modified":"2014-10-30T12:05:38","modified_gmt":"2014-10-30T16:05:38","slug":"chinese-lunar-test-vehicle-sends-great-image-of-earth-and-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9135","title":{"rendered":"Chinese lunar test vehicle sends great image of Earth and Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chang'e_5-T1\" target=\"_blank\">Chang&#8217;e 5 T1<\/a> spacecraft was launched on October 23rd as a technology test for a lunar sample return mission planned for 2017. The T1 has done a fly-by of the Moon and will re-enter the earth&#8217;s atmosphere on Friday and land in Mongolia.<\/p>\n<p>Some great pictures taken from the fly have been posted\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/news.xinhuanet.com\/world\/2014-10\/28\/c_1113016268_3.htm\" target=\"_d\">xinhuanet.com<\/a>. More about the images at<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.peopledaily.com.cn\/n\/2014\/1029\/c98649-8801576.html\" target=\"_d\">China&#8217;s lunar test spacecraft take photos of Earth and Moon together &#8211; People&#8217;s Daily Online<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blogs\/emily-lakdawalla\/2014\/10280900-change-5-t1-rounds-the-lunar.html\" target=\"_d\">Chang&#8217;e 5 T1 rounds the lunar farside, returns lovely photo of Earth and the Moon together\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0The Planetary Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/bad_astronomy\/2014\/10\/30\/chang_e_5_photo_of_moon_and_earth.html\" target=\"_blank\">Chang&#8217;e 5: Photo of Moon and Earth &#8211; Slate<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/english.peopledaily.com.cn\/n\/2014\/1029\/c98649-8801576.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9136\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=9136\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/1113016268_14145042721121n1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"565,565\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1113016268_14145042721121n[1]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/1113016268_14145042721121n1-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/1113016268_14145042721121n1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9136\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/1113016268_14145042721121n1.jpg\" alt=\"1113016268_14145042721121n[1]\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/1113016268_14145042721121n1.jpg 565w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/1113016268_14145042721121n1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/1113016268_14145042721121n1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese Chang&#8217;e 5 T1 spacecraft was launched on October 23rd as a technology test for a lunar sample return mission planned for 2017. The T1 has done a fly-by of the Moon and will re-enter the earth&#8217;s atmosphere on Friday and land in Mongolia. Some great pictures taken from the fly have been posted\u00a0at\u00a0xinhuanet.com. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9135\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Chinese lunar test vehicle sends great image of Earth and 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":[79,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9135","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-2nl","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5691,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5691","url_meta":{"origin":9135,"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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