China launches Chang'e-5 to collect, return moon samples on November 24, 2020
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Rocks from Moon - Chinese Chang'e 5 is flying back to Earth - Info Shymkent
44 years after Luna 24 another space mission tries to bring moon samples from our neighbour moon back to Earth - China's Chang'e 5 mission.
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Source: Xinhua | 2020-12-06 06:02:33 | Editor: huaxia
BEIJING, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- The ascender of China's Chang'e-5 probe successfully rendezvoused and docked with the orbiter-returner combination in lunar orbit, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced Sunday.
This is the first time Chinese spacecraft have carried out rendezvous and docking in lunar orbit.
The samples collected on the moon have been transferred from the ascender to the returner, said the CNSA.
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.
The 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 on Dec. 3.
Next, the orbiter-returner will separate from the ascender, and wait for the right time to return to Earth.
Source: Xinhua | 2020-12-06 14:35:47 | Editor: huaxia
BEIJING, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- The orbiter and returner combination of China's Chang'e-5 probe successfully separated from the spacecraft's ascender at 12:35 p.m. Sunday (Beijing Time), according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA).
The orbiter-returner combination will continue to orbit the moon, and wait for the right time to return to Earth with lunar samples.
Earlier on Sunday, the probe's ascender successfully rendezvoused and docked with the orbiter-returner combination in lunar orbit.
This is the first time a Chinese spacecraft has carried out rendezvous and docking in lunar orbit.
The samples collected on the moon have been transferred from the ascender to the returner, the CNSA said.
Chang'e-5 is one of the most complicated and challenging missions in China's aerospace history. It is also the world's first moon-sample mission in more than 40 years.
The 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.
The returner of the probe is expected to land at the Siziwang Banner in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in mid-December.
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Chang'e-5 orbiter-returner separates from ascender, waiting to go home
The Chang'e-5 is waiting for the right time to go home with 2 kilograms of moon samples.
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