In the coming days, China plans to launch a space satellite to the moon.
It is expected that the machine fly around the moon, looking at her surface on the reverse side, and then return to Earth after 8 days Vesti.ru reported. Landing device happens with the help of a parachute.
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It is reported that the satellite launch is scheduled for the period from 24 to 26 October – it will be from the Baikonur “Xichang” in the south-western province Sichuan.
During the flight, the technology will be tested for the return of the lunar module “Chang’e-5″, which is scheduled to launch to the moon in 2017. This unit should be delivered to Earth samples of lunar soil.
Recall that in December last year landed on the moon Chinese machine “Chang’e-3″ Lunokhod “Yuytu” (“Jade Hare”) on board. This was the first landing on the moon of Earth over the past 40 years. The objectives of the lunar rover, a three-month work was to study the geological structure and the substance on the surface of the moon. In February it was reported about the problems in the “Yuytu.” By the summer of 2014 with the Lunokhod connection was restored, but he can not move. Scientists believe that the unit was damaged during the initial movement of large stones.
It is expected that Chinese astronauts walked on the moon for the first time after 2020.
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