#Chang’e

Chang’e-5 probe touches down on Moon

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China's Chang’e 5 mission has successfully landed at Mons Rümker on the Moon. Just eight-days after blasting off from the 'Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site' in Southern China; the probe touched down today at Mons Rümker just after it's final descent at 14:58 UTC. The probe will now...

China lands on the far side of moon – here is the science behind the mission

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In a spectacular few days for solar system exploration – during which NASA whizzed the New Horizons spacecraft past the Kuiper Belt object 2009 MU69 (somewhat controversially nicknamed “Ultima Thule”) and eased OSIRIS-REx into orbit about the asteroid Bennu – the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) has set...