Location:
Xichang, , CHINA
Post Date:
Dec 1, 2013 5:37 AM
TAG ID:
xnaphotos319299
(RM)
Credit:
Wang Jianmin / Xinhua News Agency/Newscom
Format:
3000 x 2000 Color JPEG
Photographer:
Wang Jianmin
Keywords:
ce
Release Status:
No Model Release, No Property Release
Caption:
(131201) -- XICHANG, Dec. 1, 2013 (Xinhua) -- The launching tower where the Chang'e-3 lunar probe has been ready for being launched is loaded with fuel at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 30, 2013. China will launch the Chang'e-3 lunar probe to the moon at 1:30 a.m. Monday. It will be the first time for China to send a spacecraft to soft land on the surface of an extraterrestrial body, where it will conduct surveys on the moon. (Xinhua/Wang Jianmin) (cjq)