China lunar probe ends with planned crash
China's lunar probe crashed into the moon Sunday in a controlled collision at the end of a 16-month mission, state media reported.
Xinhua News Agency cited sources at the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense as saying the Chang'e 1 lunar satellite hit the moon at 4:13 p.m. local time (0813 GMT) on Sunday.
The satellite was under remote control by two observation and control stations in east China's Qingdao and Kashgar, a small city in northwest China, Xinhua said.
