Questions tagged [chang-e]
Questions related to China's unmanned Moon exploration missions
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Does Chang'e 6 try to avoid sampling contaminated soil?
Watching this amazing video of Chang'e 6 taking samples from the Apollo Crater on the far side of the Moon, I was struck by the proximity of the sample channels to the lander. It's understandable ...
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Did Chang'e-3 and/or Yutu report getting hit by the Earth's magnetotail?
potentially helpful: Where can I find access to information provided by CNSA and Chinese scientists and reputable science authors?
@DavidHammen's answer to If a solar flare happened during a total ...
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Why shouldn't Chang'e 5's lander's propellant freeze?
We have just measured the shape of the crater that the returner landed on, which is part of the scientific data collection. Then the returner will [put on a] 'new warm coat' to prevent the remaining ...
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How did Argentina, Namibia, and Pakistan help China monitor and communicate with Chang'e 5?
At the end of The Hill's article Chinese official unveils future moon mission plans including possible lunar base it says:
The most recent Chang'e 5 probe was assisted by the European Space Agency, ...
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Actual mass of Chang'e 5 samples
What is the actual mass of the sample retrieved by Chang'e 5?
Wikipedia says:
with an expected return to Earth around 16 December 2020. Chang'e 5 will be China's first sample return mission, aiming ...
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Does Chang'e 5 ascent module's crash has any other benefits for the space agency other than reducing the space junk?
I really appreciate what the Chinese space agency did with the ascent module, crashed it onto the lunar surface so that they won't contribute to the space debris. I was wondering if there is an ...
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How likely is it for Chang'e 5 to wake up after lunar night?
I have been wondering how likely it would be for the Chang'e 5 Probe to wake up. I mean the surveyors did this a few times, but were all relatively simpler in design.
Also what gets damaged in the ...
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How many docking operations have taken place beyond GEO?
The Chang'e 5 ascent stage has docked with its parent craft in orbit around the Moon. The only other docking operations further out than geostationary orbit that I can find are the eight Apollo lunar ...
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Did the US hide 4179 Toutatis orbital data after China announced intentions of going there?
Recently I've been reading about a bit of Chinese space stuff and I found the accusation that the US hid orbital data for the asteroid 4179 Toutatis after China announced that they planned to send ...
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Chang'e 4 lunar rover movement
Recently China has released images of the far side of the Moon taken by Chang'e 4 mission's rover Yutu-2. While pictures are really nice and beautiful, I have stumbled to one rover movement feature ...
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What science data has been released from Chang'e 4?
Chang'e 4 was the first soft landing on the far side of the moon. What science data has been released from it? That is, in two parts: what science was done and of that, what data has been released to ...
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What are Longjian's "UV antennas" and "UV transciever" really?
The 15-Oct-2018 Planetary Society post Imaging the Earth from Lunar orbit shows an image of one of the Longjiang spacecraft (also known as DSLWP-B) where were carried with Chang'e-4 to the Moon and ...
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Were there fruit fly or silkworm eggs in the biosphere of the Chang'e 4 lander?
Drosophila melanogaster or bombyx mori?
29 700 google hits for chang'e silkworm
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Where is that lunar-grown cotton seed sprout?
Most of us have seen this picture of the cotton seed currently sprouting inside a Chinese lander on the far side of the moon:
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The image shows see a plastic grid with a gelatinous overlay of ...
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How did humans grow plants on the Moon despite the harsh conditions?
The Chang'e 4 lander contains seeds to grow plants on the Moon. The Moon has non-sustainable life conditions. Among those are the lack of water, atmosphere, the varying extreme temperatures, the low ...
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