China's Maiden Moon Rover Mission Chang'e 3 Achieves Lunar Orbit

China's maiden moon landing probe successfully entered lunar orbit on Friday, Dec. 6, following Sunday's (Dec. 1) spectacular blastoff – setting the stage for the historic touchdown attempt in mid December. Engineer's at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC) commanded the Chang'e 3 lunar probe to fire its braking thrusters for 361 seconds, according to […]