Chinese spacecraft orbited the moon and successfully returned to Earth – Kommersant

                             
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Chinese spacecraft orbited the moon and returned to Earth. Thus China became the third country in the world, after the Soviet Union and the United States, which launched to the Moon returned by the device, transmits November 1 agency “RIA Novosti”. The probe was launched from the Baikonur “Xichang» October 24. In orbit the machine is at a height of 380 thousand kilometers. From there he was able to take pictures of the surface. Chinese astronomical department is developing a plan unmanned flight to the moon in 2017. Orbital station to the satellite of the Earth Chinese plan to launch in 2020.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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