In the early morning of December 17th, Beijing time, China's Chang'e-5 probe brought the lunar soil back to Earth, arousing amazement around the world.
The British Broadcasting Corporation reported that it has been more than 40 years since the US "Apollo" and the Soviet lunar probe series brought the lunar soil back to the earth. The lunar rock and soil brought back by the United States and the Soviet Union were about 3 billion years old. This time, the soil specimens brought back by China came from the volcanic highlands of the moon, and the history may not exceed 1.2 billion to 1.3 billion years. The new samples brought back by Chang'e-5 can bring new insights into the geology and early history of the Earth's satellite, the moon. The successful practice of Chang'e 5 can prove that China's space capabilities are continuously increasing. The
report also quoted an official tweet from ESA, introducing the successful cooperation between the European space agency and the Chang'e-5 lunar exploration mission.
On November 1, 2017, ESA’s two ground tracking stations in the South Pacific provided ground tracking support for China’s Chang’e lunar exploration project for the first time. This time, at the moment when Chang’e 5 is about to go home, ESA used social media Reported that he had completed the ground tracking mission, and congratulated the Chang'e-5 returning to Earth.
The BBC report used photos to demonstrate the locations and topographic maps of soil samples collected by China and the United States on the moon. The red is the collection site in China, and the yellow is the 6 collection sites of the American "Apollo" in the 1960s.
The British Broadcasting Corporation reported that with the successful practice of China, the lunar exploration project will once again prevail in the world. The United States is planning to return astronauts to the moon in the middle of this century, and will also send a series of robotic spacecraft to carry out moon reconnaissance.
Tony Azzarelli, director and co-founder of the Access Space Alliance, said in an interview with the BBC that exciting times are coming. He revealed that the British start-up Spacebit Seeking to be able to place the lunar rover on the lunar surface next year. "This will be the first time a legged robot has walked on another celestial body. Of course, all these missions to the moon are just the prelude to humans returning to the moon in the near future."
British Sky News quoted a CCTV live broadcast of Chang'e 5 After the landing of the returner, Sky News said that this is the first fresh sample of lunar rock that scientists have obtained since the Soviet Luna 24 robot probed in 1976.
The British Guardian introduced the Chinese aerospace field in addition to reporting the relevant process in detail. It is reported that China's space program is "speeding ahead" and plans to build a space station to achieve manned landing on the moon. (Headquarters reporter Zheng Yan)
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