China’s Chang’e 4 space probe is first spacecraft to make landing on far side of moon
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Beijing : China’s Chang’e 4 space probe on Thursday became the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the far side of the moon, Xinhua news agency reported.
At 10.26 a.m. (Beijing time), the probe, comprising of a lander and a rover, landed at the pre-selected landing area at 177.6 degrees east longitude and 45.5 degrees south latitude on the moon’s uncharted side never visible from the Earth, the China National Space Administration announced.
Published on : Jan 3, 2019 at 11:27 IST
By IANS
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