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China’s lunar mission returns to Earth with moon samples Image: © Aleksandr/Stock.adobe.com China has become the third country in the world to collect rocks from the moon. After blasting off on 23 November, the uncrewed Chang’e 5 probe has successfully returned to Earth with lunar rock samples, according to Chinese news agency Xinhua. The landing makes China the third country in the world to deliver moon samples to Earth, following the US and the Soviet Union. According to China’s Nation...

Chinese craft carrying Moon rocks returns to Earth: Xinhua Toggle share menu Advertisement Chinese craft carrying Moon rocks returns to Earth: Xinhua This picture shows the Change-5 lunar probe gathering samples on the Moon - it has now returned safely to Earth. (Photo: AFP) 17 Dec 2020 05:39AM (Updated: 09 Feb 2021 06:03PM) Share this content Bookmark BEIJING: An unmanned Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the Moon returned safely to Earth ea...

China launches Change 5 to get rocks from the moon If, on the other hand, it hits the atmosphere at the wrong angle — if it "splashes" on the surface — the spacecraft could fail completely and burn up.     But weve all tried skipping stones on water, and some go farther than youd expect. And that may also go for spacecraft, potentially. Which poses another challenge for the retrieval team as the return capsule may land — somewhere — over a very large area.   Historic mission, eith...

Change-5 lands in North China, concludes epic lunar round trip Source: Global Times Published: 2020/12/17 2:17:21 The photo taken on early Thursday morning shows Beijing Aerospace Control Center Photo: Our Space Carrying around 2 kilograms of lunar samples, Chinas Change-5 safely landed at its designated landing area in Siziwang Banner, North Chinas Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region around 2 am Thursday, bringing the crafts epic round trip between Earth and its celestial neighbor located som...

If you would like to see more articles like this please support our coverage of the space program by becoming a Spaceflight Now Member. If everyone who enjoys our website helps fund it, we can expand and improve our coverage further. The Chang’e 5 sample return capsule landed in China’s Inner Mongolia region Wednesday. Credit: CNSA A capsule containing moon rocks landed in a remote, snow-covered corner of China Wednesday, bringing home the first samples from the lunar surface in 44 years a...

Change 5 almost back with precious moon rock dw.com 12/16/2020 Zulfikar Abbany For the first time since the mid-1970s, a spacecraft will return to Earth with rocks and soil samples from our moon. © China National Space Administrat/AFP/Getty Images Provided by Deutsche Welle Chinas Change 5 spacecraft is nearing the end of its mission after a three-week roundtrip to the moon and back to Earth. The spacecrafts re-enter capsule is due to land, carrying 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds)...

Change 5 Orbital, Return Modules successfully carry out orbital correction : CNSA Beijing, Dec 14: China’s Chang’e 5 orbiter-returner has successfully carried out the first Moon-Earth transfer orbit correction, the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said in a statement. “On December 14, at 11:13, two 25N engines of the block of orbital and return modules, having worked for 28 seconds, successfully completed the first correction in ...

Chinas Change 5 mission: Sampling the lunar surface Space 12/10/2020 Adam Mann © Provided by Space An artists illustration of Chinas Change 5 moon sample-return spacecraft. The Change 5 lunar mission is the Chinese National Space Administrations (CNSA) effort to send a robotic spacecraft to the moon to collect samples and return them to Earth for scientific study. Its Chinas first attempt at a sample-return mission, and will be the first probe to bring back material from th...