Long March 5 Failure Delays Chinese Lunar Mission

Credit: Chang’e 3: WP:NFCC#4
ADELAIDE, Australia—The July failure of China’s heaviest space launcher has pushed back the country’s next lunar mission by a year. The mission, Chang’e 5, will be flown at the end of 2018, Tian Yulong, secretary general of the China National Space Administration, has told the International...

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