Chang'e 5
Chang'e 5 was China's lunar sample-return mission, using an integrated orbiter, lander, ascender, and reentry capsule to collect material at Mons Rümker and return it to Earth.
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- Chang'e-5 missionCE-5 mission
- Name
- Chang'e 5
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- Chang'e 5 was China's lunar sample-return mission, using an integrated orbiter, lander, ascender, and reentry capsule to collect material at Mons Rümker and return it to Earth.
- Destination
- Near side of the Moon near Mons Rümker in Oceanus Procellarum for collecting surface and subsurface samples and returning them to Earth
- End Date
- 2020-12-16
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- The mission returned about 1,731 grams of lunar material to Inner Mongolia on 16 December 2020, the first lunar sample return in more than four decades.
- Programs
- Start Date
- 2020-11-23
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- Creation Time
- July 31, 2026 at 06:36:53 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 22, 2026 at 15:43:57 UTC
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