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1 China & Space Jordan Granier Pol 337 Gang Guo 4 November 2014

2 Chang’e 5 8 day mission Flew around the moon and back (1 st trip in nearly 40 years) Goal: obtain data about heat and how it affects the return trip to Earth & to test newly implemented technology

3 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

4 History of the Chinese Space Program 1999: 50 th 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

5 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

6 http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/11/china- sends-spacecraft-around-moon-back- 201411181117727373.html http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/11/china- sends-spacecraft-around-moon-back- 201411181117727373.html http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/10/china- launhces-experimental-moon-orbiter- 2014102463529945126.html http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/10/china- launhces-experimental-moon-orbiter- 2014102463529945126.html


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