“It’s like a ‘field trip’ out on the Moon, the first opportunity to detect signs of water at close range and high resolution on the lunar surface,” said lead author and Chinese Academy of Sciences researcher Lin Honglei, according to astatement obtained by theSouth China Morning Post....
The country plans to send a crewed mission to the moon by 2030 and also aims to build a lunar base. Finding water on the Moon is not just about fuel extraction and building bases, as it can also reveal fresh insights into lunar history and evolution. 中国计划于2030年前实现载人登月,并建...
BEIJING, June 16 (Xinhua) -- An in situ detection by China's Chang'e-5 lunar probe and the subsequent analysis of its returned samples revealed at least two sources of water on the Moon, one brought by solar wind and the other from indigenous sources. Chang'e-5, comprising an orbiter,...
BEIJING, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists published results of in-situ detection of water signals on the moon by the Chang'e-5 lunar lander, lending new evidence to the dryness of the satellite. The study published on Saturday in the peer-reviewed journal Science Advances revealed that...
Chinese scientists have discovered a new water reservoir on the moon in the form of glass beads, which could have major significance for probing the water content of the Earth's only natural satellite and potentially extracting them to support future lunar missions. 中国科学家发现了月球上的“迷你...
World Water Day 2024.(PHOTO: XINHUA) Themed "Water for Peace", World Water Day arrived as scheduled and kicked off on March 22, marking the commencement of China Water Week that ran until March 28. World Water Day 2024 emphasizes the importance of multinational collaboration across sect...
utilize their advantages and unite their wisdom and strength to cope with water disasters and other problems related to water resources, water ecology and water environment,Li Guoying, China’s minister of water resources, said at the 18th World Water Congress that opened in Beijing on September ...
The Chang'e-7 mission is prepared to land on the south pole of the moon, looking for traces of water. 吴伟仁介绍,嫦娥八号任务目前处于方案深化论证阶段,准备在2028年前后实施发射,将与嫦娥七号月面探测器组成月球科研站(lunar research station)基本型,将会有月球轨道器、着陆器、月球车、飞跃器以及若干科...
China's Chang'e-5 probe has collected samples from the surface of the moon, in the first effort to bring lunar rocks to Earth since the 1970s. The mission has landed the country's third probe on the moon and forms part of an increasingly ambitious space program – ...
In the following studies, Chinese scientists further revealed a new mechanism for how young volcanoes took shape on the moon and new clues about the moon's water resources. The new lunar mineral Changesite-(Y), the first discovered by China and the sixth by humankind, makes China the third...