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The area covered by the picture, about 460 kilometers in length and 280 km in width, is located within 54 to 70 degrees south latitude and 57 to 83 degrees east longitude. The image shows a part of the moon’s highland mainly composed of plagioclase, a common rock-forming element. On the surface are craters of different sizes, shapes, structures and ages. The dark patch in the picture’s upper right side shows the surface blanketed by basalt, a hard and dense volcanic rock.

http://www.cnsa.gov.cn/n615709/n620682/n639462/132125.html

Neue Beobachtungen mit dem Weltraumteleskop Spitzer legen die Vermutung nahe, dass Monde wie der Erdmond – der aus einer gewaltigen Kollision mit einem etwa marsgroßen Objekt entstanden ist – im Universum eher selten sind und nur in maximal 5 bis 10 Prozent der Planetensysteme auftreten.
Astronomers Say Moons Like Ours Are Uncommon

The onboard camera of the Japanese moon explorer KAGUYA successfully acquired the world’s first high definition images of an “Earth-rise” and “Earth-set”:
KAGUYA – Image Taking of Earth-Rise by HDTV

Mitte Oktober erreichte die japanische Sonde Kaguya ihren endgültigen Orbit um den Mond. Jetzt veröffentlichte die JAXA erste Aufnahmen der Mondoberfläche, die mit Hilfe der an Bord befindlichen HDTV-Kamera aus einer Höhe von etwa 100 Kilometern gemacht wurden.
KAGUYA – World’s First Image Taking of the Moon by HDTV

Chang’e-1 successfully completed its first braking at perilune and enters the moon’s orbit Monday morning. Chang’e-1, following the instructions of the Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC), started braking at 11:15 a.m. at a position around 300 km away from the moon and entered the moon’s orbit at around 11:37 a.m. after completing the braking.
Source: Xinhua News Agency

A new mission to the Moon was launched today by the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA). Chang’e-1 blasted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan atop a Long March 3A rocket. Chang’e-1 represents the first step in the Chinese ambition to land robotic explorers on the Moon before 2020. ESA is collaborating with the Chinese on this mission by providing spacecraft and ground operations support services to CNSA.
Launch photos @ scitech.people.com.cn

ESA: Chang’e-1 – new mission to Moon lifts off

Japan’s lunar orbiter, Kaguya, has returned its first pictures:
http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2007/10/20071009_kaguya_e.html

Japan puts its first satellite successfully into lunar orbit!
JAXA Press Release

A unique way to travel to the Moon, new technologies successfully tested and brand-new science: a few months after the end of the SMART-1 mission scientists and engineers gathered to recap on these and all the other achievements of the first European mission to the Moon.
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMI0USMTWE_index_0.html

Deep down, the moon may be more like Earth than scientists ever thought. A new moon-rock study suggests the satellite has an iron core. The findings add weight to the theory that the moon formed from debris thrown off when a Mars-size object collided with the young Earth.
Planetary Geosciences Institute, University of Tennessee

The Origin of the Moon and the Single Impact Hypothesis

Origin of the Earth and Moon