APOD: 2020 November 27 - Chang e 5 Mission Launch

Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Friday, November 27, 2020 entitled "Chang'e-5 Mission Launch."

Image: Chang'e 5 Mission Launch - Image Credit & Copyright - Jeff Dai (TWAN)
English translations of Mandarin tend to be less colorful than the original language - Long March :-)
As most of history literate realize the Long March celebrates Mao Zedong's Long March

I am posting Mao Zedong's song for historical or hysterical purposes

APOD Background
"Explanation: This Long March-5 rocket blasted off from the Wenchang launch site in southernmost Hainan province on Tuesday November 24, at 4:30 am Beijing Time, carrying China's Chang'e-5 mission to the Moon. The lunar landing mission is named for the ancient Chinese goddess of the moon. Its goal is to collect about 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds) of lunar material from the surface and return it to planet Earth, the first robotic sample return mission to the Moon since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 mission in 1976. The complex Chang'e-5 mission landing target is in the Oceanus Procellarum (Ocean of Storms). The smooth volcanic plain was also visited by the Apollo 12 mission in 1969. Chang'e-5's lander is solar-powered and scheduled to operate on the lunar surface during its location's lunar daylight, which will last about two Earth weeks, beginning around November 27. A capsule with the lunar sample on board would return to Earth in mid-December."

Here is a song with lyrics written by Mao Zedong
Old communist song about the long march, lyrics by Mao ZeDong.
"The Red Army fears not the trials of the March,
Holding light ten thousand crags and torrents.
The Five Ridges wind like gentle ripples
And the majestic Wumeng roll by, globules of clay.
Warm the steep cliffs lapped by the waters of Golden Sand, Cold the iron chains spanning the Tatu River.
Minshan's thousand li of snow joyously crossed,
The three Armies march on, each face glowing."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s30p25Kauw4
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