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Key moments of Chang´e One´s journey
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On November 7th, Chang'e One completed its nearly two-million kilometer journey to the Moon. It entered its working orbit after a third braking.
On November 20th, the satellite activated its equipment to transmit data back to Earth. The probe's solar panel was positioned toward the sun to generate power.
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November 26th marked a major milestone in China's space industry. Premier Wen Jiabao unveiled the first lunar picture sent from the probe, and he praised China's achievements.
Wen jiabao said, "Chang'e-One sent the clearly visible light picture from the circum-moon orbit 380,000 kilometers away from the Earth. It marks a great success of our nation's first Lunar Project."
The lunar probe is the third landmark, following the earth satellites and manned spacecraft. The complete success of our first lunar project brings our nation into the ranks of a few countries that have deep space exploration ability.
Editor:Zhang Ning