Chinese Proving Tech For Future Missions
By Bradley Perrett
Beijing
China will validate a range of technologies with its second lunar probe, including the landing of a camera on the surface of the Moon and control of a spacecraft by X-band communications.
The Chang’e 2 probe, built as a back-up for the 2007 spacecraft Chang’e 1 and inserted into the Chinese lunar program because it happened to be available, has already ...
