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Chang'e 1
Chang'e 1 Mission to Moon
Chang'e 1:
The Chang'e-1 orbiter was designed to make three-dimensional imagery of the lunar surface, study the chemical elements and soil composition of the lunar surface. The orbiter is a precursor to future missions to land a Chinese spacecraft on the Moon and possibly even a robotic sample return mission.

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10.24.07: 
Launch
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Chang'e 1 Facts Chang'e comes from a Chinese legend about a young goddess (right) who flies to the Moon.

Chang'e 1 is the first mission in China's robotic Moon exploration program.

The spacecraft sent back China's first close-up image of the lunar surface.
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