The Chang’e-5 lander initiated a powered descent at 9:58 a.m. Eastern and successfully completed its soft landing near Mons Rümker in Oceanus Procellarum (“Ocean of Storms”) 10:11 a.m. Eastern.

Chang'e 5 touched down on the moon at 10:11 a.m. EST (1511GMT, 11:11 p.m. Beijing Time) near Mons Rümker, a mountain in the Ocean of Storms (or Oceanus Procellarum), CNSA officials said.

What will Chang’e 5 do? Chang’e 5 lifts off aboard a Long March 5 rocket on November 23, 2020. By December 1, the spacecraft’s lander and ascent vehicle had already reached the lunar surface.

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In 2020, the Chang'e-5 space probe returned to Earth from the moon carrying 1,731 grams of lunar dust and rocks. Pieces of those samples have been studied by multiple groups since then.

The Chang'e 5 probe launched on Nov. 23, 2020 from Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province atop a Long March 5 rocket. Weighing in at 18,100 lbs. (8,200 kilograms), ...

China's space agency launched the Chang'e 5 mission atop one of its Long March 5 rockets on Nov. 23. The lunar-sample return marks the first such mission by any country in decades.

The Chang'e-5 mission touched down in the Mons Rümker region of the northern Oceanus Procellarum of the Moon and returned 1.731 kg of lunar regolith. Recognizing exotic clasts (i.e., non-Chang'e ...

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The Chang’e-5 mission touched down in the Mons Rümker region of the northern Oceanus Procellarum of the Moon and returned 1.731 kg of lunar regolith. Recognizing exotic clasts (i.e., non-Chang ...

image: Dr. YUAN Jiangyan analyzes Chang’E-5 lunar samples with a scanning electron microscope at IGGCAS view more . Credit: SU Bin. A new study led by Prof. CHEN Yi from the Institute of Geology ...

Related: China's Chang'e 5 rover detects hints of water on the moon The evidence for the recent volcanism came from three tiny glass beads — just three out of 3,000 in Chang'e 5's sample. A team ...