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.

HELSINKI — China’s Chang’e-5 spacecraft are preparing for a first-ever robotic rendezvous and docking in lunar orbit, a major hurdle to delivering lunar samples to Earth.

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.

China's Chang'e 5 mission to the moon is complete less than a month after blasting off. A capsule containing samples of lunar rocks and soil collected from the surface of our natural satellite has ...

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 lunar probe Chang'e-5 is on its way back to Earth after a brief visit to the moon Thursday. The craft collected soil and rock samples over the course of about 19 hours and then left the ...

Chang'e-5 was an uncrewed mission including a robotic lander, which landed on the near side of the moon (the Earth-facing side) in December. The mission returned 1.7 kilograms (about 3.7 pounds ...

China achieved a historic feat by bringing back the first-ever sample from the lunar far side in June 2024. It’s moon lander, Chang'e 6, used a robotic scoop and drill to collect approximately 5 ...

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 ...