Editing Chang'e (section)

==Space travel==
{{See also|Chinese Lunar Exploration Program}} Chang'e was mentioned in a conversation between [[Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center|Houston]] [[Flight controller|CAPCOM]] and the [[Apollo 11]] crew just before the first Moon landing in 1969: {{blockquote| [[Ronald Evans (astronaut)|Ronald Evans]] ([[Capsule communicator|CC]]): Among the large headlines concerning Apollo this morning, is one asking that you watch for a lovely girl with a big rabbit. An ancient legend says the girl named Chang-O has been living there for 4,000 years. It seems she was banished to the Moon because she stole the pill of immortality from her husband. You might also look for her companion, a large [[Moon rabbit|Chinese rabbit]], who is easy to spot since he is always standing on his hind feet in the shade of a cinnamon tree. The name of the rabbit is not reported.<br/>
[[Michael Collins (astronaut)|Michael Collins]] ([[Command Module Pilot|CMP]]): Okay. We'll keep a close eye out for the bunny girl.{{NoteTag|NASA transcripts had attributed the response to Aldrin ([http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11transcript_tec.pdf ''Apollo 11 Technical Air-to-Ground Voice Transcription'']. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Page 179), but corrected NASA transcripts attribute it to Collins (Woods, W. David; MacTaggart, Kenneth D.; O'Brien, Frank. [https://history.nasa.gov/afj/ap11fj/14day5-landing-prep.html "Day 5: Preparations for Landing"]. ''The Apollo 11 Flight Journal''. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Retrieved 26 June 2018.)}}}} The [[International Astronomical Union]] has assigned the name [[Alphonsus (crater)#Interior craters|Chang-Ngo]] to a small [[impact crater]] on the Moon. 

In 2007, China launched its first lunar probe, a robotic spacecraft named [[Chang'e 1]] in the Goddess' honor. A second robotic probe, named [[Chang'e 2]], was launched in 2010.<ref>{{cite news | first=Stephen | last=Clark | title=China's second moon probe dispatched from Earth | url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1010/01change2launch/ | work=Spaceflight Now | date=1 October 2010 | access-date=1 October 2010}}</ref> A third Chang'e spacecraft, called [[Chang'e 3]], landed on the Moon on 14 December 2013, making China the third country to achieve such a feat after the former Soviet Union and the United States. The lander also delivered the robotic rover [[Yutu (rover)|''Yutu'']] ("Jade Rabbit") to the lunar surface. On 3 January 2019, [[Chang'e 4]] touched down on the far side of the Moon and deployed the ''Yutu-2'' rover. Likewise all Chinese landers since then are named as Chang'e.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/02/health/china-lunar-rover-far-moon-landing-intl/index.html|title=China lunar rover successfully touches down on far side of the Moon, state media announces|last=Rivers|first=Matt|date=3 January 2019|work=CNN|access-date=3 January 2019}}</ref>