China has landed a robotic spacecraft on the moon, a state newspaper reported on Tuesday. The probe will gather rocks and dirt from the lunar surface, with the goal of returning the first cache of moon samples to Earth since 1976. The spacecraft, Chang’e-5, was the third successful uncrewed moon […]
Long March 5
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HELSINKI — China is pressing ahead with the Long March 9 super heavy launch vehicle for crewed lunar, robotic deep space exploration and space infrastructure. The massive rocket is in the research and development stage with a test launch planned for around 2030, said Xu Hongliang, secretary-general of the China […]
HELSINKI — A Long March 5 rocket launched China’s Chang’e-5 spacecraft Monday to kick off a 23-day mission to deliver the first lunar samples to Earth since the 1970s. The heavy-lift Long March 5 lifted off from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center at 3:30 p.m. Eastern. The Chang’e-5 spacecraft was […]
By Donna Lu This Long March 5 rocket will launch China’s Chang’e 5 lunar probePhoto by STR/AFP via Getty Images China launched its Chang’e 5 spacecraft on 23 November, in the first mission designed to bring moon rocks back to Earth in more than four decades. The uncrewed Chang’e 5 […]
Artwork: This mission is the next step up in complexity China has launched a mission to try to retrieve rock samples from the Moon. Its robotic Chang’e-5 spacecraft departed the Wenchang launch complex on a Long March 5 rocket early on Tuesday morning local time, and if successful should return […]
How to watch the Chang’e-5 rocket launch? China National Space Administration will live stream the Chang’e-5 Long March 5 rocket launch. This is available directly on YouTube or in the embedded link below. Weather permitting, the launch is expected to take place between 8pm and 9pm GMT tonight (4am and […]
By Donna Lu This Long March 5 rocket will launch China’s Chang’e 5 lunar probePhoto by STR/AFP via Getty Images China plans to launch its Chang’e 5 spacecraft imminently, in the first mission designed to bring moon rocks back to Earth in more than four decades. The uncrewed Chang’e 5 […]
Only the United States and the Soviet Union have so far retrieved lunar samples from the Moon China is to make the first attempt to retrieve rocks from the Moon since the 1970s. It is hoped the unmanned Chang’e-5 probe, to be launched on Tuesday, will bring back samples to […]