Chinese lunar mission tends to the success
Wen Jiabao, the prime minister of china, Monday unveiled an image of the moon’s Sinus Iridum, or Bay of Rainbows, photographed by Chang’e-2, marking the success of China’s second lunar probe mission. Prime minister Wen Jiabao attended the unveiling ceremony at the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (SASTIND) and was briefed on the country’s lunar mission.
Before unveiling the picture, Wen visited representatives of scientists and personnel who participated in the lunar probe mission. “The success of Chang’e-2 in accomplishing its mission marks another great achievement after the country successfully launched its first lunar probe,” Vice pm Zhang Dejiang read out a message of congratulations to scientists and participating crews at the ceremony. Zhang delivered the message on behalf of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the State Council and the Central Military Commission. “The Chinese people will unswervingly develop technologies for the exploration of deep space and the peaceful use of outer space,” said the message.
The image was photographed by a charge-coupled device (CCD) camera on the Chang’e-2 lunar probe from a height of 18.7 km over the moon on Oct. 28. The frame of the picture covered an area of 8 km wide from east to west and 15.9 km long from south to north, with the center at 31.05 degrees west longitude and 43.07 degrees north latitude.
Technology and Industry for National Defense (SASTIND) being planned to the new road map, China also plans to send a probe to Mars by 2013 and to Venus by 2015, besides setting up its own manned space station.
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