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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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), ...

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.

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...