Chang'e 5 Lander

Chang'e 5 Lander

CASC · Aerospace · 2020

First lunar sample return mission since the Soviet Luna 24 in 1976. Landed in Mons Rümker region of Oceanus Procellarum on 1 December 2020, used a robotic arm and drill to collect 1.731 kg of lunar regolith, and launched it back to Earth via the ascent stage on 3 December. Samples were the youngest ever collected from the Moon (~2 billion years old), reshaping understanding of lunar volcanism.

CategoryAerospace
StatusActive
Year2020
OriginChina
Weight3780 kg
Payload2 kg
Degrees of freedom5
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