China aims to continue ramping up its space exploration efforts
by landing the first lunar probe on the far side of the moon -- the
hemisphere that faces away from Earth -- in 2018, the Xinhua news agency
reports.
The far side of the moon has never been explored, making plans for the Chang'e-4 probe quite the milestone, said Liu Jizhong, chief to the country's State Administration of Science, Technology, and Industry for National Defense's lunar exploration center. China had previously set a goal of landing a probe there by the year 2020.
The far side of the moon has never been explored, making plans for the Chang'e-4 probe quite the milestone, said Liu Jizhong, chief to the country's State Administration of Science, Technology, and Industry for National Defense's lunar exploration center. China had previously set a goal of landing a probe there by the year 2020.