Chang'e-5 Program
Chang'e-5 was a Chinese Lunar Exploration Program sample-return mission launched on 24 November 2020. It landed in Oceanus Procellarum, collected and returned 1,731 grams of lunar material on 17 December 2020, and demonstrated the sampling, ascent, lunar-orbit rendezvous, docking, and re-entry technologies that support later lunar and planetary exploration.
Identity
- Aliases
- Chang'e-5Chang'e 5Chang'e-5 Mission嫦娥五号
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Name
- Chang'e-5 Program
- Status
- completed
- Types
- explorationscienceoperations
Details
- Description
- Chang'e-5 was a Chinese Lunar Exploration Program sample-return mission launched on 24 November 2020. It landed in Oceanus Procellarum, collected and returned 1,731 grams of lunar material on 17 December 2020, and demonstrated the sampling, ascent, lunar-orbit rendezvous, docking, and re-entry technologies that support later lunar and planetary exploration.
- End Date
- 2020-12-17
- Leads
- Parent Program
- Participants
- -
- Start Date
- 2020-11-24
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 14:12:53 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 14:12:53 UTC
Other
- Official Urls