China’s Chang’e 6 mission return capsule has been transported to Beijing and opened to access its precious cargo.
The return capsule made its fiery plunge through the atmosphere on June 25 to land in the grasslands of Inner Mongolia. The event lasted 53 days Chang’e 6 mission brought to a successful conclusion, delivering the very first samples from the far side of the Moon Soil.
The capsule was delivered by plane to Beijing on Wednesday morning (June 26) to the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST), which designed the spacecraft for the mission. A ceremony was held there during which investigators opened the return capsule and examined key technical indicators, state broadcaster CCTV said.
A sample container with a capacity of up to 2 kilograms of material the moonwas then secured for the next phase of its journey. The samples are transferred to specially developed facilities for storage, analysis and distribution for research.
Like with the samples collected from close to the moon Change 5 In 2020, the materials will be sorted and then opened for research applications from scientists and institutes across China. The materials will likely be made available for applications from international groups and researchers after two yearsNASA-funded researchers received special approval late last year request access to lunar samples.
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Research and discoveries of Chang’e 5 include a “confusing combination“of minerals, the nature of lunar volcanismAn unexpected amount of water and a new mineral called Change site-(Y).
The new Chang’e 6 far-side samples could provide unprecedented insights into why the near and far sides of the moon are so different.
