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The vehicle, named Chang-e-4 – in honor of the goddess of the moon in Chinese mythology – launched a Long March 3B rocket from the Xichang launch center in southwestern China shortly before Saturday morning (Friday night at Universal Time), According to the official Xinhua News Agency
the Chinese spacecraft is expected to land on the moon towards New Year's Eve, in order to cross this unexplored part of our satellite and to conduct scientific research.
Unlike the visible face of the Earth, so far not
This side is rugged and bumpy, with a crater, while the most visible face has several flat surfaces on which to land.
In 1959, the Soviets took the first pictures of the hidden side of the moon.
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