National Astronomical Observatories takes charge of lunar rocks, soil By Zhang Yangfei | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2020-12-19 17:36 Share CLOSE Hou Jianguo, right, president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, presents a certificate of responsibility for lunar samples to Chang Jin, head of the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, on Dec 19, 2020. [Photo by Xu Jingxing/chinadaily.com.cn]
National Astronomical Observatories, a subsidiary of Chinese Academy of Sciences, has officially taken charge of the lunar rocks and soil brought back by China s Chang e 5 robotic probe and will start research soon.
A ceremony for receiving the lunar samples was held at the National Astronomical Observatories on Saturday morning shortly after the samples were handed over by Zhang Kejian, head of the China National Space Administration, to Hou Jianguo, CAS president.
China s Chang e-5 retrieves 1,731 grams of moon samples
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BEIJING, Dec 19 (Xinhua): China s Chang e-5 probe retrieved about 1,731 grams of samples from the moon, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA).
At a ceremony on Saturday morning, Zhang Kejian, head of the CNSA, handed over the samples to Hou Jianguo, president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, attended the ceremony. He hailed the Chang e-5 lunar mission as an important milestone in building China s strength in aerospace.
Liu also asked to organise the collaboration and cooperation in tackling lunar sample research difficulties and contribute Chinese wisdom to deepening the scientific understanding of the universe s formation and evolution.