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'''Chang'e 5''' will be a ] ] mission current scheduled for launch in 2018. Chang'e 5 will be China's first ], aiming to return at least 2 kilograms of lunar soil and rock samples back to the Earth. The probe will be launched by Long March 5 rocket in ] on Hainan Island. After making a soft landing on the Moon, the lander will dig and collect a lunar sample from up to 2 meters below the surface. The lander will carry engineer landing cameras, optical cameras, a lunar mineral spectrometer, a lunar soil gas analytical instrument, a lunar soil composition analytical instrument, a sampling sectional thermodetector, and a robotic drilling rig. Unlike earlier Soviet missions, the mission will make ] and docking with the return module in lunar orbit before flying back to the Earth.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://news.sciencenet.cn/htmlnews/2011/12/256719.shtm|title=欧阳自远院士描绘嫦娥工程后续蓝图|author=张巧玲|publisher=科学时报|date=2011年12月9日|language=Chinese}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.asianscientist.com/topnews/china-unmanned-moon-mission-to-bring-back-lunar-soil-2012|title=China’s Unmanned Moon Mission To Bring Back Lunar Soil To Earth|publisher=AsianScientist|date=March 21, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://mil.huanqiu.com/china/2013-03/3720686.html|title=探月工程副总设计师：嫦娥5号将于2018年发射|author=张棉棉|publisher=中国广播网|date=2013年3月11日|language=Chinese}}</ref> |
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'''Chang'e 5''' will be an unmanned ] ] mission current scheduled for launch in 2018. Chang'e 5 will be China's first ], aiming to return at least 2 kilograms of lunar soil and rock samples back to the Earth. The probe will be launched by Long March 5 rocket in ] on Hainan Island. After making a soft landing on the Moon, the lander will dig and collect a lunar sample from up to 2 meters below the surface. The lander will carry engineer landing cameras, optical cameras, a lunar mineral spectrometer, a lunar soil gas analytical instrument, a lunar soil composition analytical instrument, a sampling sectional thermodetector, and a robotic drilling rig. Unlike earlier Soviet missions, the mission will make ] and docking with the return module in lunar orbit before flying back to the Earth.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://news.sciencenet.cn/htmlnews/2011/12/256719.shtm|title=欧阳自远院士描绘嫦娥工程后续蓝图|author=张巧玲|publisher=科学时报|date=2011年12月9日|language=Chinese}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.asianscientist.com/topnews/china-unmanned-moon-mission-to-bring-back-lunar-soil-2012|title=China’s Unmanned Moon Mission To Bring Back Lunar Soil To Earth|publisher=AsianScientist|date=March 21, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://mil.huanqiu.com/china/2013-03/3720686.html|title=探月工程副总设计师：嫦娥5号将于2018年发射|author=张棉棉|publisher=中国广播网|date=2013年3月11日|language=Chinese}}</ref> |
