Beijing
The Chang’e-5 spacecraft sent by China to search for the moon’s secrets returned to Earth with rocks and other debris from there. This is the first time in 40 years that the United States and Russia have successfully completed a mission to collect samples from the moon. China, which has repeatedly sent spacecraft to the moon, is the first to send spacecraft to collect samples from outside the Earth.
The spacecraft landed in Sichuan province in China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region at 1.59am on Thursday, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA). This is the successful completion of China’s three – stage lunar exploration program of lunar orbit, landing and sampling, said CNSA chief Zhang Qian. The program was launched in 2004. The spacecraft was launched from the Wenchang Space Launch Center on November 24.
The Chang’e55 spacecraft consists of four components that are independent but have interaction. One was a docking station in the lunar orbit, while the second landed on the lunar surface and excavated the sample. The third sent the sample to the dock station, and the fourth landed it. Chang’e 5’s return spacecraft detached from the orbiter at an altitude of 5,000 km above the Atlantic. Its parachute enters the Earth’s atmosphere at an altitude of 120 km and touches the ground
It expanded when it was 10 km away. Then we went down smoothly to the pre-determined place. The CNSA said on Tuesday that China’s Tianwen 1 spacecraft was 100 million kilometers from Earth and was operating normally. It is expected to enter Mars orbit by mid-February.
Taken from the moon: will be given to others: China
Pee Shou, deputy head of the CNSA’s Lunar Exploration – Space Program Center, said that some of the 2 kg samples collected by China from the moon would be made available to scientists in other countries.
Although samples were brought in on missions to the United States and Russia four decades ago, scientists still need more samples from different eras to understand the full history of the moon. Chang’e E5 landed on December 1 in Mons-Rumker, a volcanic area northwest of the moon that has not been explored by Russia or the United States. It was chosen because it is younger than previous exploration sites.
Scientists hope to use modern analytical technology to understand the problems of volcanic activity and meteorite impacts over the past 1 billion years.
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