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June 24th, 2024
Release of returner capsule loaded with far side samples.
Image credit: CNSA/CCTV/Inside Outer Space screengrab
China’s Chang’e-6 mission is coming to full stop within a planned landing area at Siziwang Banner in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
The multi-tasking Earth-to-Moon and return mission is hauling a stash of lunar samples collected in the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) Basin.
Parachuting to Earth, the Chang’e-6 capsule toting its lunar collection.
Image credit: CNSA/CCTV/Inside Outer Space screengrab
53-day journey
Chang’e-6 is a spacecraft comprising an orbiter, a lander, an ascender and a returner
Meanwhile, China recovery teams are gearing up for the parachuting capsule that signals the end of a 53-day journey that started with launch on May 3.
Recovery teams practice for the return of incoming Chang’e-6 lunar samples.
Image credit: GLOBALink
“In the vast grasslands of the Siziwang Banner in Inner Mongolia, northern China, anticipation permeates the air. The region is preparing for the historic return of the Chang’e-6 lunar probe,” notes a GLOBALink video at:
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