24 April 2018
The relay satellite for the Chang'e-4 lunar probe has been named "Queqiao" - magpie bridge. The name was announced by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) on China's Space Day. In a Chinese folktale, magpies form a bridge with their wings on the seventh night of the seventh month of the lunar calendar to enable Zhi Nu, the seventh daughter of the Goddess of Heaven, to cross and meet her beloved husband, separated from her by the Milky Way.
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