Chang'e 1 to face eclipse challenge in February
BEIJING - China's first lunar probe, Chang'e 1, will face its next challenge Feb. 21, when an eclipse will leave it without solar power for 5.5 hours and freeze its systems at extremely low temperatures. Up to now, the spacecraft and the ground-based system that directed it into lunar orbit have...
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