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Telescopes and space missions

Telescopes and space missions

Moon mission successfully retrieves lunar samples

20 Aug 2021

Chang’e-5 has returned lunar material for the first time in 45 years to study the evolution history of our closest neighbour, as Ling Xin reports

The far side of the Moon
Lunar vision Chang’e-5 has brought back 2 kg of material from the lunar region of Mons Rümker to study the evolution history of our closest neighbour. (Courtesy: NASA)
China’s lunar mission Chang’e-5 has successfully retrieved rocks from the Moon – the first att

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Ling Xin is a science writer based in Beijing
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