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Chinese Lunar Probe Launch

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• Oct. 21: A farmer pulling an ox walks by the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China's Sichuan province.
• Oct. 24: Villagers living near the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province being evacuated before the Chang'e 1 launch.
• Oct. 24: Models of Long March rockets, one sort of which is carrying the Chang'e lunar probe, at the Science and Technology Exhibition Center in Shanghai.
• Oct. 24: China's first moon orbiter, Chang'e 1, lifts off from the launch pad at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan province.
• Oct. 24: The Chang'e 1 lunar probe, mounted atop a Long March 3A rocket, lifts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province.
• Oct. 24: The Long March 3A rocket carrying the Chang'e 1 lunar orbiter lifts off from the launch pad at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan province.
• Oct. 24: Pedestrians watch an animated image of the Chang'e launch on a big screen near a Beijing train station.
• Oct. 24: A closer look at the big screen displaying the animation of the lunar-probe launch near the Beijing train station.