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China has successfully launched its Chang'e 3 lunar probe into orbit. The probe, atop a Long March 3B rocket, blasted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province at 0130 Beijing time on Monday, December 2. 中国的嫦娥三号月球探测器已经成功进入轨道。北京时间12月2日凌晨1点30分，长征三号乙运载火箭携带着嫦娥三号卫星从四川省西川卫星发射中心成功发射。 Decades earlier, Chang'e and Yutu had sparked a humorous conversation between Houston and the Apollo 11 crew shortly before man landed on the moon for the first time. 而数十年前，人类首次展开月球之旅时，美国休斯敦指挥中心和准备登月的宇航员之间曾有一番关于嫦娥和玉兔的有趣对话。 As the Apollo 11 prepared to land on the Moon July 20, 1969, Ronald Evans, working at the control center, told the three astronauts to “watch for a lovely lady with a big rabbit,” according to NASA flight journals. 根据阿波罗11号通讯档案，1969年7月20日，阿波罗11号准备在月球表面降落时，指挥中心负责人罗纳德·埃文斯曾告诉三位宇航员，要他们“注意一个带着大兔子的可爱女郎。” | 
