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Chang’E-3 Lander Begins Next Year on Moon

Guang Han Gong, 44.12°N 19.51°W, Moon Surface

Surpassing 12 full years / starting 13th year on the Moon, China National Space Administration (CNSA) spacecraft at Guang Han Gong "Moon Palace", Sinus Iridum / Mare Imbrium, 44.12°N 19.51°W, landed in 2013.

WISE / NEOWISE Begins Next Year in Space

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Surpassing 14 full years / starting 15th year in Space, the NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer spacecraft (redubbed Near-Earth Object WISE – NEOWISE) launched in 2009, went into hibernation February 17, 2011 and reactivated August 21, 2013.