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Chang'e 5 (Chinese: 嫦娥五号; pinyin: Cháng'é wǔhào [note 1]) was the fifth lunar exploration mission in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program of CNSA, and China's first lunar sample-return mission. [13]
Chang'e 5-T1 (Chinese: 嫦娥五号T1; pinyin: Cháng'é wǔhào T1) was an experimental robotic spacecraft that was launched to the Moon on 23 October 2014, by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) to conduct atmospheric re-entry tests on the capsule design planned to be used in the Chang'e 5 mission.
The third phase included a lunar sample-return mission. Chang'e 5-T1 was launched on 23 October 2014. It was designed to test the lunar return spacecraft. Chang'e 5 was launched on 23 November 2020, landed near Mons Rümker on the Moon on 1 December 2020, and returned to Earth with 1,731 grams (61.1 oz) of lunar samples back to Earth. [11] [12]
In 2020 China conducted its first lunar sample return mission with Chang'e-5, retrieving samples from the moon's near-facing side. The U.S., with its Artemis program, also envisions a crewed moon ...
With its uncrewed Chang'e-5 mission in 2020, China became only the third country to collect rocks from the lunar surface, joining the United States and the Soviet Union. ... China's Chang'e 5 ...
China's previous Chang'e mission collected samples from the moon's near side in December 2020, restarting global lunar material retrieval efforts after a gap of 44 years. James Carpenter, head of ...
This is China's second lunar sample return mission, the first was achieved by Chang'e 5 from the lunar near side 4 years earlier. [35] It also carried a Chinese rover called Jinchan to conduct infrared spectroscopy of lunar surface and imaged Chang'e 6 lander on lunar surface. [36]
This week, China is expected to launch Chang'e-6 using the backup spacecraft from the 2020 mission, and collect soil and rocks from the side of the moon that permanently faces away from Earth.