The Chang’e-5 mission, named after the ancient Chinese goddess of the moon, will seek to collect lunar material to help scientists understand more about the moon’s origins and formation. The mission will test China’s ability to remotely acquire samples from space before more complex missions. If successful, the mission would make China only the third country to have retrieved lunar samples, joining the United States and the Soviet Union.
tirsdag 24. november 2020
China launches Chang'e-5 mission to bring back rocks from moon
China has launched a robotic spacecraft to bring back rocks from the moon – the first such attempt by any country since the 1970s. The Long March-5, China’s largest carrier rocket, blasted off at 4.30am Beijing time on Tuesday from Wenchang space launch centre on the island of Hainan carrying the Chang’e-5 spacecraft.
The Chang’e-5 mission, named after the ancient Chinese goddess of the moon, will seek to collect lunar material to help scientists understand more about the moon’s origins and formation. The mission will test China’s ability to remotely acquire samples from space before more complex missions. If successful, the mission would make China only the third country to have retrieved lunar samples, joining the United States and the Soviet Union.
The Chang’e-5 mission, named after the ancient Chinese goddess of the moon, will seek to collect lunar material to help scientists understand more about the moon’s origins and formation. The mission will test China’s ability to remotely acquire samples from space before more complex missions. If successful, the mission would make China only the third country to have retrieved lunar samples, joining the United States and the Soviet Union.
