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China & SpaceJordan Granier
Pol 337Gang Guo
4 November 2014
Chang’e 5
8 day mission
Flew around the moon and back (1st trip in nearly 40 years)
Goal: obtain data about heat and how it affects the return trip to Earth & to test newly implemented technology
History of the Chinese Space Program
1993: Chinese Aerospace Industry Corporation (National Space Bureau) founded in Beijing
1996: Unsuccessful launch of a heavy carrier rocket
22 second flight- landed less than one mile from launch site and destroyed a nearby village
500 civilians killed
History of the Chinese Space Program
1999: 50th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China- launch Shenzhou 1 into 21 hour space flight
2003: Shenzhou 5 became 21 hour manned spaceflight
China becomes third country to accomplish this
Future of Space Exploration
Plans to send spacecraft to Moon in 2017 to collect soil samples
2012: China sends pair or lunar probes to space
2013: Chinese craft lands on moon with rover
Hinted plans for missions to Mars and Moon starting in 2020
• http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/11/china-sends-spacecraft-around-moon-back-201411181117727373.html
• http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/10/china-launhces-experimental-moon-orbiter-2014102463529945126.html