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Chinas Change 5 brings Moon samples back to Earth James Marshall "As our nations most complex and technically groundbreaking space mission, Change 5 has achieved multiple technical breakthroughs ... and represents a landmark achievement", CNSA said in a statement. China will make some of the samples available to scientists in other countries, Pei Zhaoyu, deputy director of the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of CNSA, had previously said. It is Chinas maiden attempt to retrieve materi...

Chinese lander returns to Earth with Moon rocks 9 published : 17 Dec 2020 at 09:45 9 The Change-5 lunar probe gathers samples on the Moon -- it has now returned safely to Earth. BEIJING: An unmanned Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the Moon returned safely to Earth early Thursday, completing the first mission in four decades to collect lunar samples. While scientists hope the samples will give insights into the Moons origins a...

A Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the Moon returned safely to Earth early on Thursday in the first mission in four decades to collect lunar samples, the Xinhua news agency said. The capsule carrying the samples collected by the Chang’e-5 space probe landed in northern China’s Inner Mongolia region, Xinhua said, quoting the China National Space Administration (CNSA). The agency’s director, Zhang Kejian, declared the mission a success, Xinhua said. Al Jazeera’s Katrina Yu,...

Source: Highlights Chinas Change-5 probe anded in Siziwang Banner in north Chinas Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, at 1:59 AM (local time) It is Chinas maiden attempt to retrieve materials from an extra-terrestrial body. Change-5 is one of the most complicated and challenging missions in Chinas aerospace history Beijing: Chinas Change-5 probe successfully touched down on Earth in the early hours of Thursday (December 17), bringing home the first samples of the moon in over 40 years. The space...

17 Dec 2020 Samples collected by a Chinese probe on its recent visit to the moon will be sent to the hometown of late communist dictator Mao Zedong to “commemorate the leader and his passion for space exploration,” state media reported Thursday. The state propaganda outlet  Global Times cited an announcement from the China National Space Administration (CNSA) that moon dirt obtained by the Chang’e-5 probe will be preserved in Mao’s hometown of Shaoshan, Hunan province, as a tribute ...

Chinese craft returns to Earth with Moon rocks 808 BEIJING, Dec 17, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – An unmanned Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the Moon returned safely to Earth early Thursday, completing the first mission in four decades to collect lunar samples. While scientists hope the samples will give insights into the Moon’s origins and volcanic activity on its surface, the trip was also another high-profile chapter in China’s bid to become a space superpower. In images broadcast ...

  ·  2020-12-04  ·   Source: Xinhua News Agency This simulated image shows Change-5 spacecraft blasting off from the lunar surface. The Chinese spacecraft carrying the countrys first lunar samples blasted off from the moon on December 3, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced (XINHUA) A Chinese spacecraft carrying the countrys first lunar samples blasted off from the moon at 11:10 p.m. (Beijing Time) on December 3, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) anno...

Chinese lander returns to Earth with Moon rocks 9 published : 17 Dec 2020 at 09:45 9 The Change-5 lunar probe gathers samples on the Moon -- it has now returned safely to Earth. BEIJING: An unmanned Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the Moon returned safely to Earth early Thursday, completing the first mission in four decades to collect lunar samples. While scientists hope the samples will give insights into the Moons origins a...

China’s spacecraft successfully brings home moon samples Agencies December 17, 2020 Beijing, Dec 17: Chinas Change-5 probe successfully touched down on Earth in the early hours of Thursday, bringing home the first samples of the moon in over 40 years. The spacecraft landed in Siziwang Banner in north Chinas Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, at 1:59 AM (local time), according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA). Zhang Kejian, head of the CNSA, declared the Change-5 mission a succ...

Close Chinese Change-5 spacecraft, which successfully collected soil and rocks from our  moon has safely returned. Change-5 is an unmanned probe that launched its first mission after four decades to gather samples from the lunar surface. According to the Xinhua news agency, the unmanned spacecraft came back early Thursday. Xinhua said that the Chinese capsule which carried the samples from the Change-5 made its landing in the region of Inner Mongolia in northern China, as stated by the CN...