Chang’e 5 Mission Chinese Lunar Exploration Program (CLEP) The Chang’e Lunar Missions are an ongoing series of robotic Moon missions by the China National Space Administration (CNSA). Chang’e 5 Mission is a combination of a Lander and a Sample-Return vehicle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Lunar_Exploration_Program Chinese Lunar Exploration Program (CLEP) Chang’e meaning Next slide

Chang’e 5 Mission: Mission Facts: Launch date—December 2019 Rocket—Chang Zheng 5 (Long March rocket) Launch site—Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in Wenchang, Hainan, China Lunar landing—January 2020 Landing site–Mons Rumker region of Oceanus Procellarum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenchang_Spacecraft_Launch_Site Next slide

Chang’e 5 Mission: The mission goal is to land in the Mons Rumker region of Oceanus Procellarum and return up to 2 kg of lunar regolith, possibly from as deep as 2 meters. The Chang’e 5-T1, launched in 2014, was a test flight to validate the atmospheric re-entry design of the sample return capsule. https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/cnsa_moon_future.html Next slide

Chang’e 5 Spacecraft: The spacecraft consists of four modules: Two of the modules will land on the Moon, one designed to collect samples and transfer them to the second module, designed to ascend from the lunar surface into orbit where it will dock with a third module. Finally the samples will be transferred to the fourth module in orbit, which will return the samples to Earth. https://chinaspacereport.wordpress.com/spaceflight/change5t1/#prettyPhoto Next slide

Chang’e 5 Instruments: The spacecraft carries a Panoramic Camera (PCAM), Lunar Regolith Penetrating Radar (LRPR), and the Lunar Mineralogical Spectrometer (LMS). The lander will carry landing cameras, a panoramic camera, a mineral spectrometer, a soil gas analytical instrument, a soil composition analytical instrument, a sampling sectional thermo-detector, and a ground-penetrating radar. For acquiring samples, it will be equipped with a robotic arm, rotary-percussive drill, a scoop for sampling, and separation tubes to isolate individual samples. https://chinaspacereport.wordpress.com/spaceflight/change5t1/#prettyPhoto Next slide

Chang’e 5 Mission Profile: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang%27e_5 Next slide

Previous Chang’e Missions: Future Chang’e Mission: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang%27e_1; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang%27e_3; https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/c-missions/chang-e-2https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/10/china-lunar-sample-return-test-mission/; https://spacewatchme.com/2017/03/saudi-arabia-contribute-chinas-change-4-moon-mission/ Chang’e 6 Click on IMAGE to learn more about that mission Next slide

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China's first unmanned missions to the Moon are named in honor of Chang'e, a Chinese goddess who legends say lives on the Moon. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/galleries/chinese-moon-goddess-change Return

Chang’e 1 Mission Mission Facts: Launch—October 24, 2007 Rocket—Chang Zheng 3A (Long March rocket) Launch site—Xichang LC-3, Sichuan Province Orbital insertion—November 5, 2007 End of mission date—March 1, 2009 (impacted the surface of the Moon) Mission objectives: To obtain three-dimensional imagery of the lunar surface To analyze the distribution of useful elements and materials on the lunar surface To probe the features of lunar soil and assess its depth To explore the space environment between the Moon and Earth and above the lunar surface https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/c-missions/chang-e-1 Return

Chang’e 2 Mission Mission Facts: Launch—October 1, 2010 Rocket—Chang Zheng 3C (Long March rocket) Launch site—Xichang LC-2, Sichuan Province Orbital insertion—October 6, 2010 Mission duration—planned 6 months; left lunar orbit June 8, 2011; mission on-going (2011 at Lagrange Point L2; 2012 flyby of asteroid 4179 Toutatis; now is conducting a long-term mission to verify China's deep-space tracking and control systems) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang%27e_2; https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/c-missions/chang-e-2 Mission objectives: To obtain three-dimensional images of the lunar surface with a spatial resolution < 10 meters To explore the composition of lunar surface material To observe the Earth-Moon and near-moon space environment Return

Chang’e 3 Mission Mission Facts: Launch—December 1, 2013 Rocket—Chang Zheng 3B (Long March rocket) Launch site—Xichang LC-2, Sichuan Province Lunar landing—December 14, 2013 (Mare Imbrium) Status—Lander still transmitting as of June 2017 Rover Yutu (Jade Rabbit) stopped transmitting August 2016 after 31 months Mission objectives: To soft-land on the Moon's surface and deploy an unmanned Lunar Rover to explore the areas surrounding the landing site Carry scientific payloads that are going to be used to study the Moon, other galaxies and stars as well as the near-Earth space environment Lunar surface topography and geology survey, lunar surface material composition and resource survey, Sun-Earth-Moon space environment detection, and lunar-based astronomical observation https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/c-missions/chang-e-3; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang%27e_3 Return

Chang’e 4 Mission Mission Facts: Launch—May 20, 2018 (Queqiao orbiter) December 7, 2018 (lander & rover) Rocket—Chang Zheng 3B (Long March rocket) Launch site—Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan Province Lunar landing—January 3, 2019, on the far side of the Moon at the Von Karman crater in the South Pole-Aitken Basin Mission objectives: While the orbiter will provide communications relay, the lander and rover will carry scientific payloads to study the geophysics of the landing zone The lander will carry a container with seeds and insect eggs to test whether plants and insects could hatch and grow together Will also carry international payloads from Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands and Saudi Arabia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang%27e_4; https://spacewatchme.com/2017/03/saudi-arabia-contribute-chinas-change-4-moon-mission/ Return

Chang’e 6 Mission Mission Facts: Launch—2024 Rocket—Chang Zheng 5 (Long March rocket) Launch site—Wenchang Launch Site, Hainan, China Lunar landing—2024 Mission objectives: Will be China’s second sample return mission The mission is currently speculated to be under development https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/c-missions/chang-e-1; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang%27e_6 Return