01 December 2020
On 1 December, short to midnight BJT, Chang'e 5 successfully landed on the near side of the Moon. At 23:11 BJT, the Chang'e 5 lander touched down at the preselected landing area near 51.8 degrees West longitude and 43.1 degrees North latitude, in the region of Mons Rümker, said the CNSA. In the next two days, the lander will collect about 2 kilogrammes of lunar samples.
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02 December 2020
Chang'e 5 has collected its first Moon samples. The lander-ascender combination has finished the tasks of Moon sample drilling and packaging at 4:53 BJT on 2 December. Next, it will use its robotic arms to scoop up more samples from the lunar surface.
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02 December 2020
Chinese rocket manufacturer, China Rocket Co., Ltd., and the municipal government of Haiyang in east China's Shandong Province signed a contract on 2 December, pledging to build a 163-hectare production base for solid-propellant rockets. The base will be able to produce 20 solid rockets annually, including Smart Dragon series carrier rockets, upon its completion, according to the company. The production base will also offer services such as rocket assembling, testing and seaborne rocket launch for domestic and overseas aerospace companies.
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03 December 2020
China's Chang'e-5 probe has completed sampling on the moon, and the samples have been sealed inside the spacecraft, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced in the morning of 3 December. After the spacecraft worked for about 19 hours on the Moon, the sampling ended on 2 December at 22:00 BJT, and the samples were stowed in a container inside the ascender of the probe as planned, said CNSA. By using data sent back by the probe, researchers simulated the sampling procedure in a lab, providing an important basis for the operation on the Moon. The lunar regolith penetrating radar and other payloads installed on the lander have carried out scientific exploration as planned and provided information support for sampling.
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