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CHANG'E-2 LAUNCH: Oct. 1, 2010 LANDING SITE: None MISSION: The uncrewed Chang'e 2 orbited the moon and tested a 100-kilometre-high lunar orbit to prepare for a soft landing of Chang'e-3. It later extended its mission with a fly-by of a near-earth asteroid "4179 Toutatis". DURATION: The mission lasted eight months, ending on June 9, 2011.
China on Friday launched a mission to collect samples from the moon's "hidden" side, a first in space exploration history. See what other explorations China has made for its lunar mission and what else it has planned.
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China is the latest nation to study lunar lava tubes as locations for bases. They provide natural protection that's impossible to ignore.
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