China launches its 1st lunar probe Chang'e I

　　China launches its first lunar probe at about 6:05 pm on Wednesday

　　from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern Sichuan

　　Province.

　　The Chang'e I blasted off on a Long March 3A carrier rocket from the

　　No. 3 launching tower in the launch center in Southwest China.

　　The lunar probe is expected to enter earth-moon transfer orbit on

　　October 31 and arrive in the moon's orbit on November

　　Chinese space experts, technicians and other work staff, joined by

　　experts from Japan, Germany and other countries as well as millions

　　of domestic audience from across the country, were watching the

　　launching process.

　　(Xinhua/Chinadaily.com.cn)

　　Lunar orbiter blasts off in Xichang

　　China's first lunar orbiter, Chang'e I, blasts off in the Xichang

　　Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, at

　　6:05 pm October 24, 2007.

　　　(Xinhua)