{"id":135804,"date":"2020-12-17T19:05:07","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T16:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/chinese-capsule-returns-to-earth-carrying-moon-rocks-2\/"},"modified":"2020-12-17T19:05:07","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T16:05:07","slug":"chinese-capsule-returns-to-earth-carrying-moon-rocks-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/chinese-capsule-returns-to-earth-carrying-moon-rocks-2\/","title":{"rendered":"#Chinese capsule returns to Earth carrying moon rocks"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Chinese capsule returns to Earth carrying moon rocks<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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BEIJING \u2014 A Chinese lunar capsule returned to Earth on Thursday with the first fresh rock samples from the moon in more than 40 years, offering the possibility of new insights into the history of the solar system and marking a new landmark for China\u2019s rapidly advancing space program.<\/p>\n

The capsule of the Chang\u2019e 5 probe landed just before 2 a.m. (1800 GMT Wednesday) in the Siziwang district of the Inner Mongolia region, the China National Space Administration reported.<\/p>\n

The capsule had earlier separated from its orbiter module and performed a bounce off Earth\u2019s atmosphere to reduce its speed before passing through and floating to the ground on parachutes. Following recovery, the capsule and its cargo of samples were flown to the space program\u2019s campus in Beijing to begin the process of disassembly and analysis, the space administration said.<\/p>\n

The mission achieved new firsts for the lunar exploration program in collecting samples, launching a vehicle from the moon\u2019s surface and docking it with the capsule to return the samples to Earth, the administration said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs our nation\u2019s mostly complex and technically groundbreaking space mission, Chang\u2019e 5 has achieved multiple technical breakthroughs \u2026 and represents a landmark achievement,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

Two of the Chang\u2019e 5\u2019s four modules set down on the moon on Dec. 1 and collected about 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds) of samples by scooping them from the surface and drilling 2 meters (about 6 feet) into the moon\u2019s crust. The samples were deposited in a sealed container that was carried back to the return module by an ascent vehicle.<\/p>\n

Much to the amusement of viewers, footage run by state broadcaster CCTV showed a furry white animal, possibly a fox or rodent, running in front of the capsule as it lay on the ground, stopping briefly as if to inquire into the unfamiliar object.<\/p>\n

Chinese leader Xi Jinping, in a statement read out at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center, called it a major achievement that marked a great step forward for China\u2019s space industry. Xi expressed hope that mission participants would continue to contribute toward building China into a major space power and national rejuvenation, state-run Xinhua News<\/a> Agency said.<\/p>\n

Recovery crews had prepared helicopters and off-road vehicles to home in on signals emitted by the lunar spacecraft and locate it in the darkness shrouding the vast snow-covered region in China\u2019s far north, long used as a landing site for China\u2019s Shenzhou crewed spaceships.<\/p>\n

The spacecraft\u2019s return marked the first time scientists have obtained fresh samples of lunar rocks since the former Soviet Union\u2019s Luna 24 robot probe in 1976.<\/p>\n

The newly collected rocks are thought to be billions of years younger than those obtained earlier by the US and former Soviet Union, offering new insights into the history of the moon and other bodies in the solar system. They come from a part of the moon known as the Oceanus Procellarum, or Ocean of Storms, near a site called the Mons Rumker that was believed to have been volcanic in ancient times.<\/p>\n

As with the 382 kilograms (842 pounds) of lunar samples brought back by US astronauts from 1969 to 1972, they will be analyzed for age and composition and are expected to be shared with other countries.<\/p>\n

The age of the samples will help fill in a gap in knowledge about the history of the moon between roughly 1 billion and three billion years ago, Brad Jolliff, director of the McDonnell Center for the Space Science<\/a>s at Washington University in the US city of St. Louis, wrote in an email. They may also yield clues as to the availability of economically useful resources on the moon such as concentrated hydrogen and oxygen, Jolliff said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese samples will be a treasure trove!\u201d Jolliff wrote. \u201cMy hat is off to our Chinese colleagues for pulling off a very difficult mission; the science that will flow from analysis of the returned samples will be a legacy that will last for many, many years and hopefully will involve the international community of scientists.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chang\u2019e 5 blasted off from a launch base in China\u2019s southern island province of Hainan on Nov. 24 and app<\/a>eared to have completed its highly technically sophisticated mission without a hitch.<\/p>\n

It marked China\u2019s third successful lunar landing but the only one to lift off again from the moon. Its predecessor, Chang\u2019e 4, became the first probe to land on the moon\u2019s little-explored far side and continues to send back data on conditions that could affect a future extended stay by humans on the moon.<\/p>\n

The moon has been a particular focus of the Chinese space program, which says it plans to land humans there and possibly construct a permanent base. No timeline or other details have been announced.<\/p>\n

China also has joined the effort to explore Mars. In July, it launched the Tianwen 1 probe, which was carrying a lander and a robot rover to search for water.<\/p>\n

In 2003, China became the third country to send an astronaut into orbit on its own after the Soviet Union and the United States and its space program has proceeded more cautiously than the US-Soviet space race of the 1960s, which was marked by fatalities and launch failures. By taking incremental steps, China appears on the path toward building a program that can sustain steady progress.<\/p>\n

The latest flight includes collaboration with the European Space Agency, which is helping to monitor the mission. Amid concerns over the Chinese space program\u2019s secrecy and close military connections, the US forbids cooperation between NASA and the CNSA unless Congress gives its approval. That has prevented China from taking part in the International Space Station, something it has sought to compensate for with the launching of an experimental space station and plans to complete a permanent orbiting outpost within the next two years.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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