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Data acquired by the lander of China's Chang'e-5 lunar probe has provided the first-ever evidence of the in-situ detection of water on the moon, indicating that there is as much as 120 parts per million of water (as hydroxyl and/or H2O) in the lunar regolith. Space analysts said Sunday that this fresh discovery of a key resource on the moon is great news for humanity's endeavor to build and operate research stations and even migration to Mars.

A joint research team led by Profs. LIN Yangting and LIN Honglei from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IGGCAS) observed water signals in reflectance spectral data from the lunar surface acquired by the Chang'E-5 lander

The country’s lunar program is a key step toward Beijing’s vision of achieving territorial power in space

The group found that the moon remained volcanically active longer than its size would indicate, when measuring the chemical and mineralogical compositions of... 10.10.2021, Sputnik International

To validate predictions regarding the Oceanus Procellarum area, the Chinese researchers utilised only tiny fragments.