Mission Chinese Lunar Rainbow Bay Targets

Chang'E 3. chinesedefence.com

Daily Mirror Online - Beijing - China made ​​great progress in his mission to land a rover on the moon . At the Xichang Satellite Launch Center , China , Chang'e 3 spacecraft is undergoing final tests ahead of launch planned for early December.

Meanwhile, the Long March 3B carrier rocket reportedly being modified with new technology and is scheduled to reach the launch center via train from Beijing on Friday, November 1 .

Target for Chang'e 3 mission - a moon lander and rover - is Sinus Iridum , known as the Bay of Rainbows , basaltic lava plains on the moon , according to Chinese media reports .

 Previous Chinese lunar orbiter , Chang'e 2 , observe the moon landing zone in 2010 , which shows a flat topography and other features of the site .

Name of the rover will be decided next month by nearly 190 thousand entries on the two websites in China . According to the Beijing Times , Yutu ( jade rabbit in Chinese ) leads the list , while tansuo ( explore ) , and Lanyue ( capturing months ) , a second and third choice .

China watchers space of informative sites Zarya.info , Bob Christy , told SPACE.com China launches moon mission planned to be done on December 1, 2013 . " It could be one or two days later , but it was not possible before , " he said , as quoted by Space , Thursday, October 31, 2013 .

As for why China chose Sinus Iridum to landing site , David Kring , a senior scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston , has several reasons .

In an informal briefing document provided to SPACE.com , Kring demonstrate scientific excellence the region election . But he also said that other factors may influence the choice of the landing site .

 For example , China might think brought lunar samples back to China in the future . " Relatively little oomph needed to bring samples back to Earth from Iridum Sinus region , " said Kring told SPACE.com

 Iridum sinuses are craters measuring around 235 kilometers of basaltic lava that flooded . This location is located along the northwest edge of the Imbrium basin . In 1970 , Luna 17 spacecraft of the Soviet Union landed nearby , send moon rover Lunokhod 1 .

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