The lander will collect 2 kg of samples which will then be placed in an ascent vehicle and brought back to Earth. A capsule containing samples of lunar rocks and soil collected from the … The ascent portion of the lander will rendezvous and dock with the piece that remained in orbit. To provide context for the analysis and interpretation of the returned samples and in-situ measurements of the regolith substructure with penetrating radar, we constructed a detailed geologic map and stratigraphic assessment of the site. Chang’e-5 undertook this challenge using an architecture similar to NASA’s Apollo missions.The spacecraft consisted of 4 pieces: a service module, a lander, an ascent vehicle, and an Earth return module. The candidate landing region of Chang'e-5 mission in this study including the three basaltic units would be a good landing area for evaluating the composi-tional properties of the young and old basaltic units, and the chronology data is especially critical for the evaluation of the lunar impact-crater statistics and planetary remotely sensed chronology [5]. NASA intends to return astronauts to the moon later this decade, but has intermediate plans to pay commercial companies to land robotic payloads on the lunar surface, which could begin next year. The rocks and soil will be transferred to a return capsule for a trip back to Earth, parachuting to a landing in Inner Mongolia later this month. China's Chang'e-5 probe is expected to execute a three-day landing operation to undertake the country's first collection of samples from an extraterrestrial body. The Rümker region in northern Oceanus Procellarum was selected as the landing area. Previous studies focused more on the geological background of the landing region. 12:44, 16-Dec-2020 Chang'e-5 conducts 2nd orbital correction en route to Earth . Two attempts last year — one by an Israeli nonprofit and one by India’s space agency — ended in failure, with both crashing. The Chang'e-5 (CE-5) mission is China's first lunar sample return mission. Scientists are curious how this region remained molten far longer than the rest of the moon. The Geological Characteristics of China’s Chang’e-5 Landing Region, Northern Oceanus Procellarum. A dearth of nearby craters points to the area’s youth. After it arrived in lunar orbit over the weekend, Chang’e-5 split into two. Within hours of arriving on the moon, Chang’e-5 set about drilling and scooping its lunar samples. It continues scooping up some soil around the spacecraft. Previous studies focused more on the geological background of the landing region. It arrived above … The... Ascender: after sampling, the lunar samples have been transported to container within the Ascender. China’s Chang’e‐5 (CE‐5) has returned 1.731 kg lunar samples from a young mare unit on December, 2020. China's Chang'e-5 spacecraft will land near Mons Rümker, a volcanic mound in the northwest region of the moon's near side that reaches about 3,600 feet above the … China's Chang'e 5 lands on moon, gets ready to dig in the lunar dirt. 00:48 The Chang'e-5 probe's lander and ascender separated from its orbiter and returner at 4:40 a.m. BJT on Monday, according to an announcement from the China National Space Administration (CNSA) on the same day. A new journey of acquiring lunar samples has just begun. CE-5 will automatically sample ~ 2 kg of lunar samples from the surface and subsurface. The Chang'e-5 (CE-5) mission is China's first lunar sample return mission. Copied. The shadow of one of the spacecraft’s four landing legs enters the scene as Chang’e 5 reaches the moon’s surface. A ∼4-7 m thick regolith layer developed by post-mare bombardment overlies the Em4/P58 protolith and contains admixed impact ejecta from distant sources, mainly from Harpalus (∼6 wt.%), followed by Copernicus (∼2 wt.%) and Aristarchus (∼1 wt.%). • Chang'e-5 landing site is on one of the youngest mare basalts on the Moon. ScienceDirect ® is a registered trademark of Elsevier B.V. ScienceDirect ® is a registered trademark of Elsevier B.V. China's Chang'e-5 landing site: Geology, stratigraphy, and provenance of materials. China's Chang'e-5 (CE-5) mission, the first lunar sample return mission since 1976, landed at 43.06°N, 51.92°W on Dec. 1, 2020, in Northern Oceanus Procellarum.