The Chang'e 3 lunar probe, now getting ready for its launch at 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 2, is set to accomplish several unprecedented achievements.

It will be a global first to simultaneously land on the moon and carry out both a patrol and surveillance.

Chang'e 3 will be the first Chinese spacecraft to make a soft landing on the surface of any extraterrestrial body.

Additionally, it will be the first Chinese spacecraft to carry out both a patrol and surveillance in extraterrestrial territory.

Chang'e 3 will be the first Chinese spacecraft to employ radioisotope heat source technology as well as conduct a two-phase fluid loop.

The lunar probe will mean the first breakthrough in the technologies of multiple-window of cryogenic propellant rockets, narrow launch width and high-precision orbiting.

It will for the first time to study and develop a large-scale Chinese deep-space station and set up a deep-space measurement and control network.

It is the first time a remote control will be used on a lunar probe.

It is the first time a lunar probe will research and build a set of high-level experimental facilities and create a set of advanced experimental methods.

Finally then, it is the world's first lunar probe to carry out multiple scientific research on the moon.

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