Chang’e 5 is on the last leg of its mission on the moon. After a visit to the lunar surface lasting less than 48 hours, it is back in orbit around the moon and ready to bring its samples home so that scientists on Earth can analyse them.
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Thursday, December 03, 2020
China's Chang'e 5 is bringing back the first moon rocks in 44 years | New Scientist
Sunday, November 22, 2020
China's Chang'e-5 spaceship launches to the moon in mission to collect lunar rocks | Live Ruptly
The Chinese spaceship Chang'e-5 is expected to launch to the moon on Tuesday, November 24 (local time) from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Centre in Hainan.
Monday, June 27, 2016
China enters new space era. New generation of rockets to boost space ambition
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Sunday, January 11, 2015
Service module of China's lunar orbiter enters moon's orbit
The service module of China's unmanned test lunar orbiter successfully decelerated, allowing it to enter an 8-hour orbit on Sunday, according to the Beijing Aerospace Control Center.
Following instructions from the center, the service module conducted the braking at around 3 a.m. and entered the 8-hour elliptical moon orbit with a perilune of about 200 km and an apolune of about 5,300 km.
Following instructions from the center, the service module conducted the braking at around 3 a.m. and entered the 8-hour elliptical moon orbit with a perilune of about 200 km and an apolune of about 5,300 km.
Sunday, August 10, 2014
Reusable moon lander
China is preparing for the launch of an experimental recoverable moon
orbiter, said the State Administration of Science, Technology and
Industry for National Defense on Sunday.
The orbiter arrived in Xichang in Southwest China's Sichuan Province via air on Sunday and was transported to the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, according to a statement from the administration.
The orbiter arrived in Xichang in Southwest China's Sichuan Province via air on Sunday and was transported to the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, according to a statement from the administration.
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
China Loses First Lunar Rover
MOSCOW, February 12 (RIA Novosti) – China officially announced the
loss of its maiden lunar rover Wednesday due to technical problems.
“China's first lunar rover, Yutu, could not be restored to full function on Monday as expected,” the state-owned China News Service said.
In December, the 140-kilogram lunar rover, whose name translates as Jade Rabbit, made the first soft landing of any probe on the moon in nearly four decades.
“China's first lunar rover, Yutu, could not be restored to full function on Monday as expected,” the state-owned China News Service said.
In December, the 140-kilogram lunar rover, whose name translates as Jade Rabbit, made the first soft landing of any probe on the moon in nearly four decades.
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Saturday, January 25, 2014
Abnormality found on China's moon rover (video CCTV)
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Chinese scientists are preparing to overhaul its moon rover "Yutu", after an abnormality was detected as it went dormant.The information was revealed by the country’s State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence on Saturday.
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Saturday, January 11, 2014
Monday, December 23, 2013
Lander and rover ready to perform exploration tasks.
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"Ten pictures have been taken at five spots so far, and all of them are better than we expected. The rover has moved in a semi-circle around the lander. Afterwards, they will begin to conduct scientific explorations of the geography and geomorphology of the landing spot and nearby areas, and materials like minerals and elements there.
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Sunday, December 15, 2013
Full video: Journey to the moon: Yutu separates from lander (3 video)
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BEIJING, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) --
China's first moon rover, Yutu, or Jade Rabbit, separated from the lander early on Sunday, several hours after the Chang'e-3 probe soft-landed on the lunar surface.
The six-wheeled rover touched the lunar surface at 4:35 a.m., leaving deep trace on the loose lunar soil. The process was recorded by the camera on the lander and the images were sent to the earth.
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Sunday, December 01, 2013
China launches probe and rover to moon (video cctvnews)
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XICHANG, Sichuan, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- China launched
the Chang'e-3 lunar probe with the country's first moon rover aboard
early on Monday, marking a significant step toward deep space
exploration.The probe's carrier, an enhanced Long March-3B rocket, blasted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China at 1:30 a.m.
Chang'e-3 is expected to land on the moon in mid-December to become China's first spacecraft to soft land on the surface of an extraterrestrial body.
It is also the first moon lander launched in the 21st century.
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Saturday, November 30, 2013
China to launch Chang'e-3 lunar probe early Monday (video cctvnews)
A mission to land the first spacecraft on the moon’s surface in over 40 years is set to begin on Monday. China will send its Chang’e-3 probe at around 1:30am local time, from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
It’s the first time China has attempted a soft landing on any extra-terrestrial surface. Scientific data from the moon’s surface will be sent directly back to earth, and a telescope will be installed on the moon.
It’s the first time China has attempted a soft landing on any extra-terrestrial surface. Scientific data from the moon’s surface will be sent directly back to earth, and a telescope will be installed on the moon.
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