CHINA TO SEND A PROBE TO THE MOON AT THE END OF THE YEAR

China intends to send a probe to the moon at the end of the year

The first lunar probe, the program was launched in Korea in 2007. He took photos of the satellite, and analyzed the distribution of chemical elements.

The second step would be to launch unmanned lunar surface, the third - the delivery of lunar soil and rocks back to Earth in 2017.

Xinhua News Agency said that research probe Chang#39;e-3 should prilunitsya by the end of the year.

Note that in June, China successfully held its last manned mission to date: three cosmonauts spent 15 days in orbit, then docked with the experimental space lab Tiangong-1.