Everyone is Going to the Moon

China’s Long March to the Moon, WSJ

“Tomorrow evening, the China National Space Administration is scheduled to fire a “Long March” rocket from a launch site in the southwestern province of Sichuan. If all goes well, it will propel a satellite into lunar orbit, an important step toward China’s goal of beating Japan to become the first Asian nation to put a man on the moon.”

KAGUYA (SELENE) Placed in Science Orbit Around the Moon, JAXA

“The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) injected the KAGUYA main satellite in its scheduled orbit and shifted its operation mode to the regular control mode. Both the KAGUYA main satellite and its two baby satellites are in good health. The “KAGUYA” (SELENE) is a lunar explorer launched by the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 13 (H-IIA F13) on September 14, 2007, (Japan Standard Time, JST) from the Tanegashima Space Center.”