Chang'e 6
Chinese uncrewed lunar expedition
Chang'e 6 is a Chinese spacecraft that left the Earth in May 2024. It has no people on board.
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| Mission type | Surface sample return |
|---|---|
| Operator | CNSA |
| COSPAR ID | 2024-083A |
| SATCAT no. | 59627 |
| Mission duration | 53 days (planned) 197 days, 18 hours, 54 minutes (in progress) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Manufacturer | CAST |
| Launch mass | 8,200 kg (18,100 lb)[1] |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 09:27, May 3, 2024[2][3] |
| Rocket | Long March 5 |
| Launch site | Wenchang |
| Moon lander | |
| Landing site | Southern edge of Apollo Basin 43°00′S 154°00′W / 43.0°S 154.0°W[4] |
Chang'e probes | |
"Chang’e-6 probe used a scoop and drill to [get or] obtain [less than 2 g or] about 1,935 grammes of soil", according to media (2024's fourth quarter); That soil has been (looked at and) examined, by experts (after the sample came to Earth).[5]
Chang’e-6 landed on the Moon, in June.[6]
Samples from the Moon's surface, came back to Earth (in late June).[7]
It is on its way back to Earth (as of early June).
References
change- ↑ Chang'e 5 and Chang'e 6 Archived 2017-04-03 at the Wayback Machine. Gunter Dirk Krebs, 'Gunter's Space Page'. Accessed on 9 January 2019.
- ↑ Jones, Andrew (10 January 2024). "China's Chang'e-6 probe arrives at spaceport for first-ever lunar far side sample mission". SpaceNews. Archived from the original on 3 May 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ↑ "Long March 5 - Chang'e 6". nextspaceflight.com. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- ↑ "大陸「嫦娥六號」明年5月發射 擬帶回月球背面岩石採樣" (in Traditional Chinese). 聯合報. 2023-04-25. Archived from the original on 2023-04-25. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
- ↑ https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2903298/chinese-probe-finds-oldest-evidence-of-lunar-volcanoes. Retrieved 2024-11-16
- ↑ https://www.vg.no/nyheter/utenriks/i/zAgnMb/kinesisk-romsonde-har-landet-paa-maanens-bakside. Retrieved 2024-06-02
- ↑ https://yle.fi/a/74-20095837. Retrieved 2024-06-25
