December 18, 2020 10:27 AM

China’s Chang’e 5 lunar mission returned with 2Kg of the fresh rock samples from the moon

China's Chang'e 5 lunar mission returned to Earth in the early hours of Thursday carrying around 2 kilograms of the first fresh rock samples from the moon in 44 years. The spacecraft landed in Siziwang Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, a little earlier than 2 a.m. (Beijing Time), Chinese state news agency, quoting the China National Space Administration (CNSA). Zhang Kejian, head of the CNSA, declared the Chang'e-5 mission a success.<br />''<br />''The...

December 18, 2020 10:27 AM

China’s Chang’e 5 lunar mission returned with 2Kg of the fresh rock samples from the moon

China's Chang'e 5 lunar mission returned to Earth in the early hours of Thursday carrying around 2 kilograms of the first fresh rock samples from the moon in 44 years. The spacecraft landed in Siziwang Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, a little earlier than 2 a.m. (Beijing Time), Chinese state news agency, quoting the China National Space Administration (CNSA). Zhang Kejian, head of the CNSA, declared the Chang'e-5 mission a success.<br />''<br />''The...