First Moon Rocks Returned To Earth Since 1976 May Alter Lunar History China's chang'e 6 mission continues to make history, having collected the first samples ever retrieved from the far side of the moon and now transferring those samples between spacecraft in orbit. “chang’e 6 is the first mission in human history to return samples from the far side of the moon,” long xiao, a planetary geologist at china university of geosciences, tells the new york.
First Lunar Samples In 45 Years Reveal Unexpected Insights December 16, 2020. • 11 min read. editor’s note: the lunar samples collected by china’s chang’e 5 mission were returned to earth on december 16, parachuting down at about 1:00 p.m. et in. Long standing questions in planetary science beckon a return to the moon to collect new samples from previously unexplored regions. the chinese lunar exploration program has answered this call. China returns first ever samples from the moon's far side. “chang’e 6 is the first mission in human history to return samples from the far side of the moon, which is a cause for celebration for all humanity,” long xiao, a planetary geoscientist for.
All You Need To Know About The Lunar Sample Taken Back By Chang E 5 Cgtn China returns first ever samples from the moon's far side. “chang’e 6 is the first mission in human history to return samples from the far side of the moon, which is a cause for celebration for all humanity,” long xiao, a planetary geoscientist for. China's chang'e 5, the first lunar sample return mission since the soviet union's luna 24 in 1976, delivered 1.73 kilograms of regolith from the oceanus procellarum, a plane named for its vast size. Chang'e 5 was the first lunar sample return mission since the soviet union's luna 24 in 1976. new lunar minerals, including changesite (y) and two different structures of the titanium compound ti2o, were identified from the samples returned from the mission, making china the third country to discover a new lunar mineral.
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