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Chang’e-5 completes lunar trip, more space missions planned
By Deng Xiaoci and Fan Anqi Source: Global Times Published: 2020/12/17 20:48:58 Last Updated: 2020/12/17 21:56:58
China s Chang e-5 successfully landed at its designated landing area in Siwangzi Banner, N China s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region around 2 am Thursday, carrying around 2 kgs of lunar samples. Photos show workers checking craft s status. (Photo: Our Space/ Wang Jiangbo)
On the freezing grassland in Siziwang Banner, North China s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, a Chinese national flag was placed right next to the re-entry capsule of Chang e-5 lunar probe, whose epic predawn landing on Thursday provided the perfect climax to China s latest moon missions an epic moon sample return mission.
Chang e-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, China s Chang e-5 safely landed at its designated landing area in Siziwang Banner, North China s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region around 2 am Thursday, bringing the craft s epic round trip between Earth and its celestial neighbor located some 380,000 kilometers away to a perfect conclusion.
According to the China s National Space Administration on early Thursday morning, the spacecraft s safe landing marks the successful completion of the country s first ever lunar material retrieving mission.