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China Intentionally Crashes Lunar Probe Into Moon

Chang'e 1 was an un-manned lunar orbiting spacecraft which was used in the first phase of the Chinese Lunar program. The spacecraft was named after a Chinese mythological figure, Chang'e, pronounced roughly as chang-uh. The probe was sent into space back in October of 2007 but the mission came to a crashing end by striking the moon's surface on Sunday, only 16 months after it was launched into space. The Chinese space program said they intentionally steered the lunar satellite into the moon, ending the mission. They stated that they wanted to gather more information by doing this for their next spacecraft mission in 2012 and a manned moon mission in 2020.

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