China launches Chang'e-5 to collect, return moon samples on November 24, 2020

[Daniel808]

Someone enlighten me; didn't the Russians bring back lunar rock a long time ago?

Yes, but only 176gr. China will bring more than 2kg. Anyway that Soviet Union, since Russia reborn they never send any scientific mission to the moon. Luna 27 will be Russian first scientific mission to the moon, that they plan to Joint China's International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) on 2024

Anyway, this is will be a Great Day to for humanity space exploration.
Because This is The World's First Autonomous Robotic Lunar Orbit Rendezvous

Indeed., It will pave way for Mars sample return in future.

It also pave the way for China's Manned Moon Mission, and The Foundation of Building a Moon Research Station

Very very important mission, indeed

What happened at 01.41 - why did a component break off ?

That's a Robotic China's Lunar Arm. And it didn't break off. But instead goes back drilling moon surface

 

[kuge]

is it confirmed the ascender will take off today 23:00(BJT) today?

 

[antonius123]

Around 45 years ago

This one is much newer and more advanced technology in term of automation and communication, as done automatically / controlled remotely from earth.

 

[shanlung]

No need to change, change to Chinese, those anti-Chinese dogs don’t understand Chinese

I will teach them, those that willing to he taught, how to read and get into Chinese easily.
The way I did that to myself 5 years ago when I was 65 years old.
And read and enjoyed reading close to 1,000,000 Chinese characters within 3 months.
I am sure that same technique cane be used for me to get into Hindi . But I got no interest in that.

I will teach them, those that willing to he taught, how to read and get into Chinese easily.
The way I did that to myself 5 years ago when I was 65 years old.
And read and enjoyed reading close to 1,000,000 Chinese characters within 3 months.
I am sure that same technique cane be used for me to get into Hindi . But I got no interest in that.

In here

How I got into Chinese, and read Chinese, and enjoyed it when I was 65 years old about 5 years ago

How I got into Chinese, and read Chinese, and enjoyed it when I was 65 years old about 5 years ago. And you can do the same too. For those Chinese and who are bilingual enough to be here but with friends and relatives that yearned to get into English but failed , the reverse of this might be...

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How I got into Chinese, and read Chinese, and enjoyed it when I was 65 years old about 5 years ago.

And you can do the same too.
For those Chinese and who are bilingual enough to be here but with friends and relatives that yearned to get into English but failed , the reverse of this might be very useful to pass on to their friends to get into English.

Or any of the living languages.


And those Chinese in Mainland China, you might even get to know more of the Chinese language than you can imagine.
And know more of Libai the poet than your were ever been taught in school

And your choice to use Ponds cold cream to wank yourself off.
Or to use wet coarse sand and grit to do that.
You read on below and the choice is clear to you as the way to get into Chinese or any other language

 

[LKJ86]

China's Chang'e-5 completes sampling on moon - Xinhua | English.news.cn

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China's Chang'e-5 completes sampling on moon
Source: Xinhua | 2020-12-03 11:32:41 | Editor: huaxia

BEIJING, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- China's Chang'e-5 probe has completed sampling on the moon, and the samples have been sealed inside the spacecraft, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced Thursday morning.

Launched on Nov. 24, the spacecraft landed on the north of the Mons Rumker in Oceanus Procellarum, also known as the Ocean of Storms, on the near side of the moon on Dec. 1, tasked with retrieving China's first samples from an extraterrestrial body.

After the spacecraft worked for about 19 hours on the moon, the sampling ended at 10:00 p.m. Wednesday (Beijing Time), and the samples were stowed in a container inside the ascender of the probe as planned, said CNSA.

By using data sent back by the probe, researchers simulated the sampling procedure in a lab, providing an important basis for the operation on the moon.

The lunar regolith penetrating radar and other payloads installed on the lander have carried out scientific exploration as planned and provided information support for sampling.

The probe has withstood temperatures of over 100 degrees Celsius on the lunar surface.

The probe has adopted two methods of moon sampling, including using drills to collect subsurface samples and grabbing samples on the surface with a robotic arm. Diverse samples at different sites have been gathered.

The moon samples have been sealed inside the spacecraft to ensure that they are kept in a vacuum and free from the influence of the external environment during its return to the Earth.

The Chang'e-5 probe is equipped with multiple payloads including a landing camera, panorama camera, lunar regolith penetrating radar and lunar mineralogical spectrometer, which detects lunar surface topography and mineral composition, as well as the moon's shallow subsurface structure.

Before the sample drilling process, the lunar regolith penetrating radar analyzed the subsurface structure in the sampling area, offering data reference for sampling.

 

[Beast]

When will the sample module take off to meet the orbiter?

 

[bshifter]

When will the sample module take off to meet the orbiter?

23:13 beijing time if it is going to follow the time table

 

[rott]

The way I did that to myself 5 years ago when I was 65 years old.

 

[LKJ86]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1334521930225840129

 

[shi12jun]

Central 13 live broadcast has successfully entered orbit Then wait for the docking to return

 

[Tumba]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1334521930225840129

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impressive congratulations to chinis... i m just wondering how complex a manned mission to moon from this...
and with so much resources how many years will it take for china to accomplish?

 

[rott]

Central 13 live broadcast has successfully entered orbit Then wait for the docking to return

I think the docking is completed. Scott Tilley's live has stopped.

 

[LKJ86]

Chinese spacecraft takes off from moon with samples - Xinhua | English.news.cn

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Chinese spacecraft takes off from moon with samples
Source: Xinhua | 2020-12-03 23:31:46 | Editor: huaxia

BEIJING, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese spacecraft carrying the country's first lunar samples blasted off from the moon late Thursday, the China National Space Administration announced.

This represented the first-ever Chinese spacecraft to take off from an extraterrestrial body.

China's Chang'e-5 probe, comprising an orbiter, a lander, an ascender and a returner, was launched on Nov. 24, and its lander-ascender combination touched down on the north of the Mons Rumker in Oceanus Procellarum, also known as the Ocean of Storms, on the near side of the moon on Dec. 1.

After the samples were collected and sealed, the ascender of Chang'e-5 took off from the lunar surface, and is expected to complete unmanned rendezvous and docking with the orbiter-returner in lunar orbit, an unprecedented feat.

Chang'e-5 is one of the most complicated and challenging missions in Chinese aerospace history, as well as the world's first moon-sample mission in more than 40 years.

 

[rott]

I think the docking is completed. Scott Tilley's live has stopped.

Or it hasn't? When is the docking scheduled? @shi12jun

 

[kuge]

how come is there no smoke?