Chang'e 6

Chang'e 6
	This is a copy of Chang'e-6 and Chang'e-5. It is a full-scale (copy or) mockup of the full-stack.
Mission type	Surface sample return
Operator	CNSA
COSPAR ID	2024-083A
SATCAT no.	59627
Mission duration	53 days (planned) ; 213 days, 4 hours, 25 minutes; (in progress)
Spacecraft properties
Manufacturer	CAST
Launch mass	8,200 kg (18,100 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date	09:27, May 3, 2024
Rocket	Long March 5
Launch site	Wenchang
Moon lander
Landing site	Southern edge of Apollo Basin; 43°00′S 154°00′W / 43.0°S 154.0°W
	Chinese Lunar Exploration Program ← Queqiao-2 Chang'e 7 → Chang'e probes ← Chang'e 5 Chang'e 7 →

Chang'e 6 is a Chinese spacecraft that left the Earth in May 2024. It has no people on board.

"Chang’e-6 probe used a scoop and drill to [get or] obtain [less than 2 g or] about 1,935 grammes of soil", according to media (2024's fourth quarter); That soil has been (looked at and) examined, by experts (after the sample came to Earth).^[5]

Chang’e-6 landed on the Moon, in June.^[6]

Samples from the Moon's surface, came back to Earth (in late June).^[7]

It is on its way back to Earth (as of early June).

References

↑ Chang'e 5 and Chang'e 6 Archived 2017-04-03 at the Wayback Machine. Gunter Dirk Krebs, 'Gunter's Space Page'. Accessed on 9 January 2019.
↑ Jones, Andrew (10 January 2024). "China's Chang'e-6 probe arrives at spaceport for first-ever lunar far side sample mission". SpaceNews. Archived from the original on 3 May 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
↑ "Long March 5 - Chang'e 6". nextspaceflight.com. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
↑ "大陸「嫦娥六號」明年5月發射擬帶回月球背面岩石採樣" (in Traditional Chinese). 聯合報. 2023-04-25. Archived from the original on 2023-04-25. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
↑ https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2903298/chinese-probe-finds-oldest-evidence-of-lunar-volcanoes. Retrieved 2024-11-16
↑ https://www.vg.no/nyheter/utenriks/i/zAgnMb/kinesisk-romsonde-har-landet-paa-maanens-bakside. Retrieved 2024-06-02
↑ https://yle.fi/a/74-20095837. Retrieved 2024-06-25

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[GSP_CH5-6-1] Chang'e 5 and Chang'e 6 Archived 2017-04-03 at the Wayback Machine. Gunter Dirk Krebs, 'Gunter's Space Page'. Accessed on 9 January 2019.

[sn20240110-2] Jones, Andrew (10 January 2024). "China's Chang'e-6 probe arrives at spaceport for first-ever lunar far side sample mission". SpaceNews. Archived from the original on 3 May 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.

[nextspaceflight20240503-3] "Long March 5 - Chang'e 6". nextspaceflight.com. Retrieved May 3, 2024.

[LT-4] "大陸「嫦娥六號」明年5月發射擬帶回月球背面岩石採樣" (in Traditional Chinese). 聯合報. 2023-04-25. Archived from the original on 2023-04-25. Retrieved 2023-04-25.

[5] ttps://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2903298/chinese-probe-finds-oldest-evidence-of-lunar-volcanoes. Retrieved 2024-11-16

[6] ttps://www.vg.no/nyheter/utenriks/i/zAgnMb/kinesisk-romsonde-har-landet-paa-maanens-bakside. Retrieved 2024-06-02

[7] ttps://yle.fi/a/74-20095837. Retrieved 2024-06-25

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