|
'''Chang'e 5''' will be a ] ] mission current scheduled for launch in 2017. Chang'e 5 will be China's first lunar sample return mission, aim 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 lunar sample from up to 2 meters below the surface. The lander will carry engineer landing cameras, optical cameras, lunar mineral spectrometer, lunar soil gas analytical instrument, lunar soil composition analytical instrument, sampling sectional thermodetector, and a robotic drilling rig. Unlike earlier Soviet missions, the mission will make ] and docking with the return module on 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=]|date=2011年12月9日|language=Chinese}}</ref><ref>http://www.asianscientist.com/topnews/china-unmanned-moon-mission-to-bring-back-lunar-soil-2012/</ref> |
|
'''Chang'e 5''' will be a ] ] mission current scheduled for launch in 2017. Chang'e 5 will be China's first ], aim 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 lunar sample from up to 2 meters below the surface. The lander will carry engineer landing cameras, optical cameras, lunar mineral spectrometer, lunar soil gas analytical instrument, lunar soil composition analytical instrument, sampling sectional thermodetector, and a robotic drilling rig. Unlike earlier Soviet missions, the mission will make ] and docking with the return module on 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=]|date=2011年12月9日|language=Chinese}}</ref><ref>http://www.asianscientist.com/topnews/china-unmanned-moon-mission-to-bring-back-lunar-soil-2012/</ref> |
