嫦娥六号 Change’ Six CNSA China National Space Administration…. China’s Lunar Sample Lunar Return Mission successfully returned home! ……At 14:07 Beijing Time on June 25, 2024, the Chang’e 6 returner landed accurately in the designated area of Siziwang Banner, Inner Mongolia, China, People’s Republic of China. and worked normally, marking the complete success of the Chang’e 6 lunar exploration mission and the world’s first return of samples from the back of the moon
Returning to Earth today! 嫦娥六号 Completed orbital return unlocking and separation] At about 13:22, the Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center injected high-precision navigation parameters into the Chang’e 6 orbiter and returner combination through the ground tracking and control station. After that, the orbiter and returner were normally unlocked and separated at an altitude of about 5,000 kilometers above the South Atlantic sea level, and the orbiter completed the orbital avoidance manoeuvre as planned….
嫦娥六号 successfully returned home! …….Today, the Chang’e 6 returner landed accurately in the designated area of Siziwang Banner, Inner Mongolia, and worked normally, marking the complete success of the Chang’e 6 lunar exploration mission and the world’s first return of samples from the back of the moon…
At 17:27 on May 3rd Friday 2024 Beijing time CNSA –China National Space Administration, the Chang’e-6 probe was successfully launched by the Long March 5 Yao-8 carrier rocket from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in Hainan Province, China, People’s Republic of China., and accurately entered the Earth-moon transfer orbit. The launch mission was a complete success. The Chang’e-6 probe has embarked on the world’s first return journey for sampling from the far side of the moon. The pre-selected landing and sampling area is the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the far side of the moon.
[ Chang’e 6 completes sampling and ascender takes off from the far side of the moon and enters the scheduled lunar orbit]
According to the National Space Administration, at 4th June 2024 7:38 Beijing time today, the Chang’e 6 ascender carrying lunar samples took off from the far side of the moon. After the 3000N engine worked for about 6 minutes, it successfully sent the ascender into the scheduled lunar orbit. From
[Xi Jinping sent a message on behalf of the CPC Central Committee, the State Council and the Central Military Commission to congratulate the successful completion of the Chang’e-6 lunar exploration mission]
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 25 (Xinhua) Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, sent a message on behalf of the CPC Central Committee, the State Council and the Central Military Commission to congratulate the successful completion of the Chang’e-6 lunar exploration mission. The full text of the congratulatory message is as follows:
All comrades in the Chang’e-6 lunar exploration mission command and participating in the mission:
I am glad to hear that the Chang’e-6 lunar exploration mission has achieved a complete success. On behalf of the CPC Central Committee, the State Council and the Central Military Commission, I extend my warm congratulations and sincere greetings to you!
Chang’e-6 achieved the first return of samples from the back of the moon in human history, which is another landmark achievement in China’s construction of a space power and a science and technology power. Over the past 20 years, all comrades involved in the development and construction of the lunar exploration project have carried forward the spirit of lunar exploration, bravely climbed the peak of science and technology, achieved major achievements that have attracted worldwide attention, and embarked on a high-quality and high-efficiency lunar exploration path. The outstanding contributions you have made will be remembered forever by the motherland and the people!
I hope you will seize the opportunity, carefully carry out scientific research on lunar samples, continue to implement major aerospace projects such as deep space exploration, strengthen international exchanges and cooperation, and move forward courageously towards the goal of becoming a space power. Make new contributions to exploring the mysteries of the universe and enhancing human well-being, and make new contributions to comprehensively promoting the construction of a powerful country and the great cause of national rejuvenation with Chinese-style modernization!
Xi Jinping
June 25, 2024
At 14:07 on June 25, 2024, the Chang’e-6 returner accurately landed in the predetermined area of Siziwang Banner in Inner Mongolia and worked normally, marking the complete success of the Chang’e-6 mission of the lunar exploration project and achieving the world’s first return of samples from the back of the moon. At about 13:20, the Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center injected high-precision navigation parameters into the Chang’e-6 orbiter and returner combination through the ground measurement and control station. After that, the orbiter and returner unlocked and separated normally at about 5,000 kilometers above sea level in the South Atlantic Ocean, and the orbiter completed the orbit avoidance manoeuvre as planned. At about 13:41, the Chang’e-6 returner entered the Earth’s atmosphere for the first time over the Atlantic Ocean at a height of about 120 kilometers above the ground at a high speed close to the second cosmic speed (about 11.2 kilometers/second), and implemented its first aerodynamic deceleration. .
After descending to a predetermined altitude, the returner jumped upwards out of the atmosphere over the Indian Ocean, and began to glide down after reaching the highest point. After that, the returner re-enters the atmosphere and implements secondary aerodynamic deceleration. When it drops to an altitude of about 20 kilometers above the ground, the returner switches to the parachute opening attitude. At an altitude of about 10 kilometers, the return vehicle opened its parachute, completed the final deceleration and maintained a stable attitude, and then landed smoothly in the predetermined area. The launch site and recovery system technicians responsible for the search and recovery mission conduct returner searches based on the location information and action paths reported by the Beijing Center, discover the target in a timely manner, confirm that the returner status is normal, and carry out recovery work in an orderly manner as planned. After the final Chang’e-6 returner completes necessary ground processing, it will be airlifted to Beijing to open the cabin and remove the sample container and cargo. The National Space Administration will choose an opportunity to hold a handover ceremony to formally hand over lunar samples to the ground application system, and will subsequently carry out work related to sample storage, analysis and research. The Chang’e-6 probe was launched from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in China on May 3 and entered the Earth-moon transfer orbit. After orbit correction and near-lunar braking, the probe successfully entered a lunar orbit. After that, the probe experienced the separation of the lander and ascender assembly, and the orbiter and returner assembly. With the support of the Queqiao-2 relay satellite, the lander and ascender assembly carried out orbital descent and powered descent around the moon.
On June 2, it accurately landed in the pre-selected area of the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the far side of the moon and carried out sampling work. On June 4, the ascender was ignited for takeoff and accurately entered orbit. On June 6, it completed the rendezvous and docking with the orbiter and returner assembly and sample transfer. After that, it separated from the orbiter and returner assembly as planned and was controlled. The moon falls. After that, the orbiter and returner combination experienced 13 days of waiting around the moon. After completing two lunar-Earth transfer incidences and one orbit correction, the returner separated from the orbiter on June 25 and carried heavy samples from the back of the moon. Return to Earth. After the Queqiao-2 relay satellite successfully completes the Chang’e-6 mission, it will choose an opportunity to carry out scientific detection missions. The extreme ultraviolet camera, array neutral atom imager and Earth-Moon Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) test system it carries will Collecting scientific data from the moon and deep space…
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