China & Space Jordan Granier Pol 337 Gang Guo 4 November 2014.

China & SpaceJordan Granier

Pol 337Gang Guo

4 November 2014

Chang’e 5

8 day mission

Flew around the moon and back (1st trip in nearly 40 years)

Goal: obtain data about heat and how it affects the return trip to Earth & to test newly implemented technology

History of the Chinese Space Program

1993: Chinese Aerospace Industry Corporation (National Space Bureau) founded in Beijing

1996: Unsuccessful launch of a heavy carrier rocket

22 second flight- landed less than one mile from launch site and destroyed a nearby village

500 civilians killed

History of the Chinese Space Program

1999: 50th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China- launch Shenzhou 1 into 21 hour space flight

2003: Shenzhou 5 became 21 hour manned spaceflight

China becomes third country to accomplish this

Future of Space Exploration

Plans to send spacecraft to Moon in 2017 to collect soil samples

2012: China sends pair or lunar probes to space

2013: Chinese craft lands on moon with rover

Hinted plans for missions to Mars and Moon starting in 2020

• http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/11/china-sends-spacecraft-around-moon-back-201411181117727373.html

• http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/10/china-launhces-experimental-moon-orbiter-2014102463529945126.html