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China relay the mission to an outdoor place ambitious. This time they aimed at the far side moon as the destination.
The Chang’e-6 space mission was launched from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on Hainan Island on Friday (3/5) at 17.27 Beijing time. This mission was flown using the Long March-5 rocket, the largest rocket made in China.
Through this latest mission, China hopes to be the first country to collect and take rock samples from the far side of the moon. This is the side of the moon that does not face Earth and is often referred to as the dark side because there is still much that is unknown about this area.
Chang’e-6 aims to land at the south pole of the moon, right in the Aitken Valley, the largest and oldest impact crater on the moon. By taking samples from this area, the Chang’e-6 mission can help scientists understand how the original collision formed the Earth and the Moon, and what the far side of the Moon may have been like different from the near side.
After being launched from Earth and separated from the rocket, the Chang’e-6 mission will need about four to five weeks to reach lunar orbit. This spaceship is likely to land on the far side moon early June.
After arriving in orbit, the lander will try to touch the surface of the moon. If the landing process goes smoothly, this mission will collect 2 kilograms of lunar rock samples, as reported by Gizmodo, on Saturday (4/5/2024).
The collected samples will be stored and taken to lunar orbit using an ascent vehicle. The probe will then enter the orbiter, which will place the samples in a capsule attached to Earth.
This is the second time China sending a sampling mission to the Moon. In 2020, they launched the Chang’e-5 mission which successfully took samples of lunar rocks and brought them to Earth.
In the future, the Chinese space agency has prepared the Chang’e-7 and Chang’e-8 missions that will focus on testing the technology needed to build a space station on the Moon. .
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2024-05-04 12:00:50
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