China launches test return orbiter for lunar mission(4/6)

Technicians monitor the test return orbiter for lunar mission 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)