This file photo shows a Long March 3C rocket blasting off from the launch centre in Xichang, China's southwestern province of Sichuan, in 2010. China will next year attempt to land an exploratory ... more 

This file photo shows a Long March 3C rocket blasting off from the launch centre in Xichang, China's southwestern province of Sichuan, in 2010. China will next year attempt to land an exploratory craft on the moon for the first time, state media reported, in the latest project in the country's ambitious space programme less