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China launches test return orbiter for lunar mission(1/6)

2014-10-24 08:27 Xinhua Web Editor:Li Yan
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An unmanned spacecraft is launched atop an advanced Long March-3C rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan province, Oct 24, 2014. China launched the lunar orbiter early Friday to test technologies to be used in the Chang'e-5, a future probe that will conduct the country's first moon mission with a return to Earth. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)
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