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Hi all,
As probably everyone knows: it launched this week. It's scheduled to land...today [EDIT: New most likely landing date: November 29, 20:30 UTC] [EDIT#2: December 1, around 15:00 UTC] . This historic mission deserves it's own news update thread, doesn't it?!
As I was looking for news online I keep wondering why the major space news website don't cover this extensively. I know it's also caused by china's lack of public real-time information.
Anyway, what amazed me as well about this lunar lander sample return mission, is that after lunar ascent it will actually rendezvous with the lunar orbiter, transfer the samples, before returning to Earth, just like Apollo missions! That's unlike the direct return from the Soviet lunar sample return missions, as far as I know?
References:
Last ever lunar sample return mission, 1976:
Mission profile animation:
Latest news update I could find:
As probably everyone knows: it launched this week. It's scheduled to land...
As I was looking for news online I keep wondering why the major space news website don't cover this extensively. I know it's also caused by china's lack of public real-time information.
Anyway, what amazed me as well about this lunar lander sample return mission, is that after lunar ascent it will actually rendezvous with the lunar orbiter, transfer the samples, before returning to Earth, just like Apollo missions! That's unlike the direct return from the Soviet lunar sample return missions, as far as I know?
References:
Chang'e 5 - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Last ever lunar sample return mission, 1976:
Luna 24 - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Mission profile animation:
Latest news update I could find:
China's Chang'e-5 probe completes second orbital correction
Chang'e-5, China's lunar probe, has successfully carried out its second orbital correction at 10:06 p.m. on Wednesday night, and continued its trip to the moon, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA).
news.cgtn.com
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