The centre, opened on Monday, would oversee the launch of a moon orbiter in 2007, a lunar lander in 2012 and a third satellite designed to reach the moon and bring back soil samples for research in 2017, the newspaper said.
"The centre has also recruited a galaxy of promising and enterprising scientists to work on the lunar missions," it said.
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