Great Progress Made for Moon Exploration with Schedule for 'Chang'er I' Worked Out

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Great Progress Made for Moon Exploration with Schedule for 'Chang'er I' Worked Out

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July 20, 1976 witnessed human beings to land on the moon for the first time. Today, Chinese people are quickening their steps to land on the moon. Ouyang Ziyuan, chief scientist of China's moon exploration program, academician with Chinese Academy of Sciences told the reporter on July 19 that great progress had been made in the key technology for the first phase of China's moon exploration program (named Project "Chang'er I"). The schedule of the project has now been brought to finish and all sorts of the job are being carried out in good order.

According to Ouyang Ziyuan, China's moon exploration program has energetically been put into practice after a long-run demonstration and preparation. At present, the schedule of the "Chang'er I" Project has been completed and all sorts of the job are in progress. However, academician Ouyang Ziyuan is now still unsure when the moon probing satellite for the "Chang'er I" Project will be launched. China's moon exploration program has started.

A very big scientific research team for the moon exploration program has been set up. Under the unified coordination of China National Space Administration (CNSA), the team consists of many such organizations as Chinese Academy of Science (including its research institutions located in Beijing, Shanghai, Xi'an and Nanjing) and the relative departments of several space research institutions.

CNSA has appointed commander-in-chief, general designer and chief scientist for "Chang'er I" with the project to work at three stages. Every subsidiary research institution has built up its respective research department, which have started to work under the uniformed coordination.

The first stage of China's moon exploration program ( "Chang'er I" Project) started on March 1, 2003. It will be carried out in the recent two-three years, the moon probe satellite will be launched, exploring the topography, geomorphology, geologic formation and distribution of resources as well as the space environment between the moon and the earth. On the second stage, China will launch its moon car, achieve the soft landing, patrol and explore on the moon, building the basis for the further moon research. And the third stage, China will launch the small module and moon robot to collect the needed samples and return safely, research the samples and provide the data for the manned moon-landing and the location of China's moon base.

By PD Online Staff Liu Wei

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