China's Chang'e-5 (CE-5) mission, the first lunar sample return mission since 1976, landed at 43.06掳N, 51.92掳W on Dec. 1, 2020, in Northern Oceanus Procellarum. CE-5 targeted a mare plain (Em4/P58) composed of distinctive young (1.6-1.7 Ga) moderate-Ti mare basalts, with ...
BEIJING, June 7 (Xinhua) -- China's Chang'e 5 lunar probe is expected to land in the Mons Rumker region, and to take moon samples back to earth at the end of the year, according to a Chinese space official. Liu Jizhong, director of China Lunar Exploration and Space Engineering Cente...
A model of Chang’e 5 lunar probe. [Photo: Xinhua] Liu Jizhong, director of China Lunar Exploration and Space Engineering Center of China National Space Administration (CNSA), for the first time disclosed the probe landing site, an isolated volcanic formation located in the northwest part of ...
With the space probe's ascender on top, its lander made a touchdown at around 11 p.m. BJT, becoming China's third probe that has successfully made a soft landing on the moon. It has sent back footage of the moment it landed. Footage of the landing moment sent back by Chang'e-5 Fo...
China's Chang'e-5 probe is expected to execute a three-day landing operation to undertake the country's first collection of samples from an extraterrestrial body. Our special coverage of China's Chang'e-5 landing operation brings you the latest on the most complicated and c...
An air team in helicopters spotted the capsule using infrared cameras, while a ground team followed in SUVs to reach the snow-covered landing site. Read more: Landing site in north China ready for Chang'e-5's return with lunar sampleError...
Their findings revealed that the apatite found at the young mare region where the Chang'e-5 landed contained indigenous water in the form of hydroxyl. The Chang'e-5 landing site is located at one of the youngest extrusive lava flow units on the Moon, making the apatite, the very final st...
Chang'e 5 is the third lunar landing for the country, but only its first ever sample return mission. Only the US and the former Soviet Union have ever brought lunar rocks back to Earth. If successful, this will be the first time in 44 years (since the Soviet Union’s Lunar ...
Related: NASA's spacecraft spot's China's Chang'e 5 lander on the moon On Dec. 3, just two days after landing, Chang'e 5 placed its samples in the ascent vehicle, which then launched from the moon's surface back to lunar orbit. The module docked with an orbiter on Dec. 5, condu...
The Chang'e lunar program,(7)___includes landing two lunar rovers(月球车)on the moon's surface,has been(8)___(remarkable)successful.Although Chang'e 5 was a short mission,it's one of(9)___most complex projects undertaken by the Chinese space program so far.The country is far from ...