Anintroductionof

Chineselunarexplorationprogram

HuQiangCollegeofSurveyingandGeo-informatiasBeginwiththeLegendofChang’eThestoryofChang’eisafamouslegendaboutthemooninChina.AmannamedWanhuinMingDynastywantedtoflytotheskybut

hefailedanddead.Withthedreamandthetechnology,ourbraveChinesepeoplehaveneverstoppedthepaceofadvancinginthewavesofhumanexplorationintospace.Injusthalfacentury,Chinahasmaderemarkablesuccess.Howtorealizethedream?TheplanoftheprogramOurlunarexplorationprogram"TheChang'eProgram"startedin2004.China'slunarexplorationprogramconsistsofthreephases:orbiters(繞)

landersandrovers（落）automatedsamplereturn（回）October24,2007,Chang‘eIwassuccessfullylaunched.ThisisthethirdmilestoneofChina'sspaceactivities,andmarkingthattheChineselunarexplorationprogramhastakenthefirststep.October1,2010,chang’e

IIfliedintospacewiththehopeofChinesepeople,whichattractedworldwideattention.Explorationsatellitethatcarriedhigh-resolutioncamerastestedkeytechnologiestoprovideHDphoto

forthelandingofChang’eIII.HDphotoofDanNieErcrater(丹聶耳撞擊坑)localimagemapsoftheSinusIridum(虹灣)，

thePre-landingzone

ofthechang’eIIIChang'e-3lunarprobeOnDecember2,wesuccessfullylaunchedtheChang'e-3lunarprobe.ItisthelateststepinChina’sambitiousspaceprogram.TheorbitsoftheprobelandingonthemoonOnDecember14,Chang'e-3landedonthemoon'ssurface,markingthatChinabecomethethirdcountryintheworldtocarryoutsucharovermissionaftertheUnitedStatesandformerSovietUnion.AndtheroverYututouchedthelunarsurfaceatthenextmorning.TheChang’e3missionCarryoutsometasksthatsofarhaven’tbeendonebyanyothercountryintheworld.ThefutureplansAftertheunmannedlunarexplorationprojectiscompleted,Chinawillcarryoutthemannedexploration,andgraduallybuildamoonbasewithrelevantcountries.Whydoweexplorethemoon?Thelunarexplorationprogramspendahugenumberofmoney,butinourcountrytherearestillmanypeopleareonthevergeofpoverty,manychilddon’t

havethemoneytogotoschool,whydowespendalotofmoneytoexplorethemoon?ReasonsPhysicalresourcesScientificresearchScienceandTechnologybreakthroughOtheropportunitiesinthefutureGreatdesignsandgreatconsiderationPeople’supportFinancialensuranceExcellentscientistsandConsummatecooperationIndependentdevelopment(themostimportantreason)the

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ofsuccessabout

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lunarexplorationprogram

summaryChinesespaceflightexperiencedfromscratch,

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strong.Inthisprocessitreflectedmanykindsofspirits.Themostaffectmeistheself-reliance,Inmyopinion,weshouldapplythisspirittoourdailylife