Gamingdeputy reported on June 27 that according to CCTV News, this afternoon (June 27), the State Council Information Office held a press conference to introduce the Chang'e-6 mission of the lunar exploration project and answer questions from reporters.
Bian Zhigang, deputy director of the National Space Administration, said that in the coming period, China will develop Chang'e 7 and 8 probes for lunar exploration.Chang'e-7 will conduct an environmental and resource survey of the lunar polar region, and Chang'e-8 will conduct technical verification of on-site utilization of lunar resources.In the future, we will work with our international counterparts to jointly discuss and build an international lunar research station and share the scientific and technological achievements of lunar exploration.
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Planetary exploration:China's planetary exploration project has been approved by the state, including four exploration missions, which are planned to be completed within 10 to 15 years. Among them, the first Mars exploration mission (Tianwen-1) has been a complete success. Tianwen-2 is planned to be launched around 2025, and Tianwen-3 and Tianwen-4 are planned to be launched around 2030.
It is reported that my country will also demonstrate the implementation ofMajor national science and technology projects and projects in the aerospace field, such as heavy-lift launch vehicles and reusable space transportation systemsstrengthen basic research, accelerate the research and development of key core technologies, and promote the innovative development of space science, space technology, and space applications.
According to previous reports, the Chang'e-6 probe was launched from the Wenchang Space Launch Center on May 3 and entered the Earth-Moon transfer orbit. From the launch of the rocket to the return of Chang'e-6 to the Earth after taking samples from the far side of the moon, the entire process took 53 days and a round trip of 760,000 kilometers.
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Gamingdeputy attached the journey of Chang'e 6's “business trip”:
At 17:27 on May 3, the Chang'e-6 lunar probe was launched from the Wenchang Space Launch Center on the Long March 5 Yao-8 carrier rocket. After more than an hour of flight, the two sets of solar panels of the Chang'e-6 probe were successfully deployed, accurately entered the predetermined orbit, and headed for the moon. The official announcement of the Chang'e-6 probe launch mission was a complete success!
Since its launch into orbit on May 3, 2024, Chang'e-6 has undergone Earth-Moon transfer, near-Moon braking, circumlunar flight, landing and descent. The Chang'e-6 probe consists of an orbiter, a returner, a lander, and an ascender.
At 6:23 am on June 2, the Chang'e-6 lander and ascender combination, with the support of the Queqiao-2 relay satellite, successfully landed in the pre-selected landing area in the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the back of the moon.
From June 2 to 3, Chang'e-6 successfully completed intelligent rapid sampling in the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the far side of the moon, and packaged the precious lunar far side samples in a predetermined form and stored them in the storage device carried by the ascender.
At 7:38 on June 4, 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 planned lunar orbit. This is the first human sampling and return mission from the far side of the moon.
At 14:48 on June 6, the Chang'e-6 ascender successfully completed rendezvous and docking with the orbiter and returner combination in lunar orbit, and at 15:24, the lunar sample container was safely transferred to the returner, starting to send “lunar soil express” to Earth.
On June 25, the Chang'e-6 returner landed accurately in the designated area of Siziwang Banner, Inner Mongolia, and operated normally, marking the complete success of the Chang'e-6 mission of the lunar exploration project and the world's first return of samples from the back of the moon.
On June 26, Chang'e 6 was airlifted to Beijing, and researchers opened the Chang'e 6 returner to test the completion of key technical indicators. Representatives from the Lunar Exploration and Space Engineering Center, the Ground Application System, and the Probe System signed the handover document.
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