CNN.com - China's moon launch on fast track - Mar 26, 2004: "SHANGHAI, China (AP) -- China has moved up the launch of a moon-orbiting satellite by one year to 2006, state media said Friday, adding momentum to the space program that got a massive boost from October's successful manned flight.
The lunar mission, originally scheduled for 2007, will place a two-ton satellite into orbit around the moon for at least a year, said the official Xinhua News Agency.
The satellite would take three-dimensional images of the moon's surface, it said."
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