Chang'e 5 was the fifth lunar exploration mission in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program of the China National Space Administration, and China's first lunar sample return mission. Launched on November 23, 2020, the spacecraft landed on the Moon on December 1, collected about 1,731 grams of lunar samples, and returned them to Earth on December 16, 2020.
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Mission Type OutcomeSuccessful sample return mission; about 1,731 grams of lunar material collected and returned to Earth on December 16, 2020, China's first lunar sample return. 2 Mission Type
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1. Chang'e 5 (Wikipedia)
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Lunar sample return
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China's first lunar sample-return mission
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Chang'e 5 (Chinese: 嫦娥五号; pinyin: Cháng'é wǔhào) was the fifth lunar exploration mission in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program of CNSA, and China's first lunar sample-return mission.
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landed on the Moon on 1 December, collected ~1731 g (61.1 oz) of lunar samples and returned to Earth on 16 December
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16 December 2020 17:59 UTC
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Operated By: China National Space Administration, Chinese Lunar Exploration Program
is the first and ongoing series of robotic Moon missions by the China National Space Administration (CNSA)
Part Of: Chang'e Program, Chinese Lunar Exploration Program
Chang'e 5 (2020) provided the world's first lunar sample return since Luna 24 in 1974.
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