27 September 2021
Early findings from Chang'e 5 samples shows a mix of "exotic" materials
... also contains a portion of fragments that have distinctly different, 'exotic' chemical compositions. On 16 December 2020, China’s robotic Chang'e-5 mission, became the first mission in nearly 50 years to head to the Moon, grab samples and return the...
15 November 2021
Earth's lower atmosphere is rising due to climate change, new study says
.... Because of this responsiveness, scientists use the height of the tropopause as a sensitive diagnostic for human-made climate change and according to a new study it’s not great news. By using weather balloons to collect data on the tropopause for...
25 November 2020
Chang'e 5 is on its way to the Moon
...the project was established and officially launched in January 2004, it has successively successfully implemented Chang’e 1, Chang’e 2, Chang’e 3, reentry flight test and Chang’e 4. This launch was the 353rd launch of the Long March series of carrier...
February 2020
Climate change and spaceports – a difficult balance
... low-spending tourists on multiple new aircraft routes One factor I feel is never considered is overall impact. If everyone changes, the united effect is significant, but the actual effect of one person is, let’s face it, irrelevant. There are...
17 December 2020
Chang'e 5 probe returns to Earth with Moon rocks
... Center soon were soon on hand to retrieve the capsule. During Chang'e 5's two days on the Moon, it collected two kilograms ...The successful landing marked the completion of the historic 23-day Chang'e 5 expedition, the first in more than 40 years to...
02 December 2019
Chang'e 4 relay satellite now a radio telescope
... China sent to the Moon as part of its fourth lunar mission, Chang’e 4, has been repurposed as a radio telescope for a novel Dutch/...space for over a year now, waiting for its duties with Chang’e 4 to finish, so that it could unfurl its antennas and...
