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Chinese Chang e-5 spacecraft, which successfully collected soil and rocks from our
moon has safely returned. Chang e-5 is an unmanned probe that launched its first mission after four decades to gather samples from the lunar surface.
According to the Xinhua news agency, the unmanned spacecraft came back early Thursday. Xinhua said that the Chinese capsule which carried the samples from the Chang e-5 made its landing in the region of Inner Mongolia in northern China, as stated by the CNSA or China National Space Administration.
According to the
report from Xinhua, CNSA director Zhang Kejian declared that the mission was a success.
China s Chang e-5 mission a success, spacecraft brings home first moon samples in 40 years
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The spacecraft landed in Siziwang Banner in north China s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, at 1:59 AM (local time), according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA).
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BEIJING: China s Chang e-5 probe successfully touched down on Earth in the early hours of Thursday, bringing home the first samples of the moon in over 40 years. The spacecraft landed in Siziwang Banner in north China s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, at 1:59 AM (local time), according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA). Zhang Kejian, head of the CNSA, declared the Chang e-5 mission a success.
China s Chang e 5 successfully enters Earth s surface, lands in Mongolia with moon rocks in tow
When the return capsule was about 10 kilometres above land, a parachute opened and it landed smoothly, after which a search team recovered it.
Dec 17, 2020 10:11:36 IST
An unmanned Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the Moon returned safely to Earth early Thursday, completing the first mission in four decades to collect lunar samples. While scientists hope the samples will give insights into the Moon s origins and volcanic activity on its surface, the trip was also another high-profile chapter in China s bid to become a space superpower. In images broadcast on state television, a Chinese flag was flown at the snow-covered grasslands where the capsule landed in the country s remote north.
China s spacecraft successfully brings moon samples to earth
India
Published: Thursday, December 17, 2020, 10:26 [IST]
Beijing, Dec 17: China s Chang e-5 probe successfully touched down on Earth in the early hours of Thursday, bringing home the first samples of the moon in over 40 years.
The spacecraft landed in Siziwang Banner in north China s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, at 1:59 AM (local time), according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA).
Zhang Kejian, head of the CNSA, declared the Chang e-5 mission a success. It marks a successful conclusion of China s current three-step lunar exploration programme of orbiting and landing, and bringing back samples which began in 2004, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. It is China s maiden attempt to retrieve materials from an extra-terrestrial body. The Chang e-5 lunar probe was launched from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on November 24.
Moon soil to head for Chairman Mao s hometown
By Fan Anqi Source: Global Times Published: 2020/12/17 20:02:58 Late leader s passion for space exploration honored
Yuanwang-3, the only maritime space tracking ship in China’s Chang’e-5 mission, successfully completes its escort task on early Thursday morning. It has undertaken nearly 100 maritime tracking and monitoring tasks of spacecraft, including the Shenzhou spaceships, Chang’e lunar probes, and BeiDou satellites. Photo: Courtesy of Our Space
With Chang e-5 probe making a perfect conclusion to its 23-day journey to the moon, bringing back soil from Earth s celestial neighbor, Central China s Hunan Province, the hometown of the late Chinese leader Mao Zedong, will be one of the sites where the moon samples are stored, to commemorate the leader and his passion for space exploration, China National Space Administration (CNSA) said on Thursday.