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Chinese Lunar Exploration Program
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<p>The Chinese Lunar Exploration Program (CLEP; <a href="/facts/Simplified_Chinese_characters/UcAD6xXs">Chinese</a>: 中国探月工程; <a href="/facts/Pinyin/pUwjfMXg">pinyin</a>: <i>Zhōngguó Tànyuè Gōngchéng</i>), also known as the Chang'e Project (Chinese: 嫦娥工程; pinyin: <i>Cháng'é Gōngchéng</i>) after the Chinese Moon goddess <a href="/facts/Chang%27e/BPDQSPgs">Chang'e</a>, is an ongoing series of <a href="/facts/Robotic_spacecraft/Frlbbkvu">robotic</a> <a href="/facts/Exploration_of_the_Moon/lFKweAk3">Moon missions</a> by the <a href="/facts/China_National_Space_Administration/q3s4bGYt">China National Space Administration</a> (CNSA). </p>