Chang’e 1 shifts orbit to minimize eclipse deep freeze
BEIJING – Controllers have adjusted the orbit of China’s Chang’e 1 lunar probe to minimize the time it will spend in darkness during a solar eclipse on Feb. 21. By raising the 200-kilometer (120-mile) orbit by 2 kilometers on Jan. 27, the Beijing Aerospace Control Center reduced the spacecraft’s...
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