Vessel Change'e 5 Sample Return Mission

[Jeremyxxx]

This is an vessel request for the Chang'e 5 mission scheduled for launch in November 24th. Anyways, we have six weeks until Chang'e 5 lifts off!

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Chang%27e-5_mission_profile.png

 

[Jeremyxxx]

The liftoff of Chang'e 5 is tomorrow!

 

[Jeremyxxx]

We have liftoff. The Chang'e 5 lander is scheduled to land on November 27th.

 

[Notebook]

China has launched a mission to try to retrieve rock samples from the Moon.
Its robotic Chang'e-5 spacecraft departed the Wenchang launch complex on a Long March 5 rocket early on Tuesday morning local time, and if successful should return to Earth in mid-December.

Chinese spacecraft sets off on Moon sample quest - BBC News

 

[Jeremyxxx]

Only almost two days until Chang'e 5's Orbital module performs an orbit insertion burn around the Moon and deploys the lander to land on the surface.

 

[kuddel]

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[Jeremyxxx]

Today's the last day before Chang'e 5 lands on the lunar surface. I can't wait until Chang'e 7 where it will carry a mini-flying probe and Yutu 3 to the south pole!

 

[Jeremyxxx]

Chang'e 5 had landed.

 

[kuddel]

 

[4throck]

 

[Jeremyxxx]

That was too quick. Usually a sample return mission is a little longer.

 

[Jeremyxxx]

Just yesterday, the Chang'e 5 ascender had just lifted off from the lander and is remaining docked with the Chang'e 5 orbiter, waiting for the Trans Earth Injection launch window.

 

[GLS]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1335437600912515074

 

[Jeremyxxx]

Yesterday, the Ascender has just deorbited and landed safely (non-impact)

 

[Jeremyxxx]

Chang'e 5 has departed lunar orbit and is on it's way back to earth to drop off the capsule before reentry.

 

[Jeremyxxx]

It's official: The Chang'e 5 mission is OVER. Mission accomplished!!! https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/science/china-moon-mission-rocks.html

 

[kuddel]

Congratulations to the whole team! A really outstanding performance.

 

[Jeremyxxx]

UPDATE: The Chang'e 5 Orbiter/Service Module has survived it's flyby of Earth and is heading back to the Moon (Lagrange 1 orbit) for an extended mission.

 

[cannon_gray]

While the landing of China’s Chang’e-5 spacecraft on the moon earlier this month was a significant event on humanity’s collective journey through space, the planting of a Chinese flag on the lunar surface raises serious concerns about the extension of national laws to other celestial bodies. On 4 December, the China National Space Administration released images showing the national flag unfurled on the moon, the first flag planted on the lunar surface since the Apollo 17 mission. Some countries consider the Chinese flag on the moon bears significant national importance for Beijing, carries heavy political overtones and elicits various concerns under international law.