China launches test return orbiter

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The screen shows the launch process of the advanced Long March-3C rocket carrying China's unmanned spacecraft at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center, in Beijing, China, Oct. 24, 2014. China launched the lunar orbiter by the advanced Long March-3C rocket 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. The test spacecraft separated from its carrier rocket and entered the expected orbit shortly after the liftoff, according to the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense. (Xinhua/Tian Zhaoyun)