The Chang'e-6 probe successfully returned to Earth, landing in Siziwang Banner, Inner Mongolia, on Tuesday, bringing back the world's first samples from the moon's far side.
The China National Space Administration (CNSA) declared the mission a complete success.
Launched on May 3, Chang'e-6 is one of China's most complex space missions, consisting of an orbiter, returner, lander, and ascender.
The lander-ascender combination landed in the South Pole-Aitken Basin on June 2, supported by the Queqiao-2 relay satellite, and collected samples.
The ascender took off from the moon on June 4, rendezvoused with the orbiter-returner combination on June 6, transferred the samples, and then landed on the moon to avoid space junk.
The orbiter-returner combination spent 13 days in lunar orbit before returning to Earth. .
New samples are expected to lead to new discoveries and enhance understanding of lunar evolution.
The mission also reflects China's long-standing cultural fascination with the moon, inspired by the myth of Chang'e.
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The China National Space Administration (CNSA) declared the mission a complete success.
Launched on May 3, Chang'e-6 is one of China's most complex space missions, consisting of an orbiter, returner, lander, and ascender.
The lander-ascender combination landed in the South Pole-Aitken Basin on June 2, supported by the Queqiao-2 relay satellite, and collected samples.
The ascender took off from the moon on June 4, rendezvoused with the orbiter-returner combination on June 6, transferred the samples, and then landed on the moon to avoid space junk.
The orbiter-returner combination spent 13 days in lunar orbit before returning to Earth. .
New samples are expected to lead to new discoveries and enhance understanding of lunar evolution.
The mission also reflects China's long-standing cultural fascination with the moon, inspired by the myth of Chang'e.
#China #moon #lunar #space #spaceexploration #spacemission #chinanews
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00:00Chang'e 6 is a Chinese space exploration mission.
00:04Chang'e is named after the Chinese moon goddess.
00:08It launched from Hainan Island in China on May 3rd, 2024.
00:13It is an unmanned mission.
00:16On June 1st, the lander and mobile camera rover
00:19landed on the surface of the dark side of the moon.
00:23Samples of the moon's surface were gathered,
00:26then launched back up to dock with the orbiter module.
00:30The containers carrying the samples
00:32were then transferred to a re-entry module,
00:36and the journey home begins,
00:39touching down on planet Earth in Inner Mongolia, China,
00:44on June 25th.
00:47The lunar samples will now go to the lab for analysis.
00:56NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology