Thursday / 30 July 2015

China Chang’e Fleet, Hainan Moon Port & Long March V Rocket Steadily Advancing

7302015 Change-5 Vehicles Undergoing Plume Deflector Comprehensive Validation Testing; Chang’e-5 T1 Service Module In Orbit Around Moon Collecting Data For Sample Return / Future Landing Missions; Chang’e-4 Team Experts At CNSA & ESA Discussing Objectives, Tasks & Payloads For 2018 Mission; Chang’e-3 & Yutu In Lunar Day 21 Are The Only Spacecraft Operating On Moon Surface; Chang’e-2 Heading Into Deep Space Toward 300M-km Apogee

Credit: NASA, CNSA, Beijing Institute of Spacecraft System Engineering