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Chinese lunar probe takes off from Moon carrying samples
Agence France-Presse . Beijing, China 04 June, 2024, 08:57
This undated handout photo taken by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and released on June 4, 2024 shows a general view of craters on the surface of the moon captured by China's Chang'e-6 lunar probe. A module of a Chinese lunar probe successfully took off from the far side of the Moon on June 4 carrying samples to be taken back to Earth, state media reported. | AFP photo.
A module of a Chinese lunar probe successfully took off from the far side of the Moon on Tuesday carrying samples to be taken back to Earth, state media reported. The achievement is a world first, and the latest leap for Beijing's decades-old space programme, which aims to send a crewed mission to the Moon by 2030. The ascender module of the Chang'e-6 probe 'lifted off from lunar surface', state news agency Xinhua said, citing the China National Space Administration (CNSA). It described it as 'an unprecedented feat in human lunar exploration history'.
'The mission has withstood the test of high temperature on the far side of the moon,' the CNSA said. After lift-off, the module 'entered a preset orbit around the moon', it added.
The Chang'e-6 module touched down on Sunday in the Moon's immense South Pole-Aitken Basin, one of the largest known impact craters in the solar system, according to the CNSA. The probe's technically complex 53-day mission began on May 3.
The Chang'e-6 features two methods of sample collection: a drill to collect material under the surface and a robotic arm to grab specimens above the surface. After successfully gathering its samples, 'a Chinese national flag carried by the lander was unfurled for the first time on the far side of the moon', Xinhua said.
Scientists say the Moon's dark side -- so-called because it is invisible from Earth, not because it never catches the sun's rays -- holds great promise for research because its craters are less covered by ancient lava flows than the near side.
Material collected from the far side may better shed light on how the Moon formed in the first place. Plans for China's 'space dream' have been put into overdrive under President Xi Jinping.
Beijing has poured huge resources into its space programme over the past decade, targeting a string of ambitious undertakings in an effort to close the gap with the two traditional space powers -- the United States and Russia.
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Agence France-Presse . Beijing, China 04 June, 2024, 08:57
This undated handout photo taken by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and released on June 4, 2024 shows a general view of craters on the surface of the moon captured by China's Chang'e-6 lunar probe. A module of a Chinese lunar probe successfully took off from the far side of the Moon on June 4 carrying samples to be taken back to Earth, state media reported. | AFP photo.
A module of a Chinese lunar probe successfully took off from the far side of the Moon on Tuesday carrying samples to be taken back to Earth, state media reported. The achievement is a world first, and the latest leap for Beijing's decades-old space programme, which aims to send a crewed mission to the Moon by 2030. The ascender module of the Chang'e-6 probe 'lifted off from lunar surface', state news agency Xinhua said, citing the China National Space Administration (CNSA). It described it as 'an unprecedented feat in human lunar exploration history'.
'The mission has withstood the test of high temperature on the far side of the moon,' the CNSA said. After lift-off, the module 'entered a preset orbit around the moon', it added.
The Chang'e-6 module touched down on Sunday in the Moon's immense South Pole-Aitken Basin, one of the largest known impact craters in the solar system, according to the CNSA. The probe's technically complex 53-day mission began on May 3.
The Chang'e-6 features two methods of sample collection: a drill to collect material under the surface and a robotic arm to grab specimens above the surface. After successfully gathering its samples, 'a Chinese national flag carried by the lander was unfurled for the first time on the far side of the moon', Xinhua said.
Scientists say the Moon's dark side -- so-called because it is invisible from Earth, not because it never catches the sun's rays -- holds great promise for research because its craters are less covered by ancient lava flows than the near side.
Material collected from the far side may better shed light on how the Moon formed in the first place. Plans for China's 'space dream' have been put into overdrive under President Xi Jinping.
Beijing has poured huge resources into its space programme over the past decade, targeting a string of ambitious undertakings in an effort to close the gap with the two traditional space powers -- the United States and Russia.
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