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January 06, 2016

Chang'e-3 landing site named "Guang Han Gong"
Beijing (XNA) Jan 06, 2016
The landing site of China's first moon lander Chang'e-3 has been named "Guang Han Gong" or "Moon Palace", more than two years after the spacecraft made a successful soft-landing on the moon in December 2013. Together with three nearby impact craters, the name was approved by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), China's State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (SASTIND) announced on Tuesday. In Chinese mythology, Chang'e is the goddess of the moon w ... read more

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