MOSCOW, June 4 The Chinese Chang'e-6 probe, which for the first time in history collected soil samples from the far side of the Moon, took off from the surface of the Earth's natural satellite , Xinhua reports with reference to the Chinese National Space Administration.
“On Tuesday morning, the Chinese Chang’e-6 probe took off from the surface of the Moon with soil samples, which for the first time in human history were collected from the far side of the Earth’s natural satellite. The Chang’e-6 take-off module entered a predetermined orbit around the Moon,” it says in the publication.
The correspondent previously reported that the Long March 5 Y8 rocket launched on May 3 from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on Hainan Island in accordance with the schedule at 17:27 local time (12:27 Moscow time).
If the mission is successful, the Chang'e-6 spacecraft will deliver soil from the far side of the Moon to Earth for the first time in human history. According to the plan announced by the Chinese National Space Administration, it is planned to deliver about two kilograms of soil samples to Earth.
Chang'e-6 consists of an orbital module, a return module, a lander and a take-off module, the probe is equipped with a payload including a landing camera, a panoramic camera, a mineral spectral analysis instrument and a lunar soil structure analysis instrument.
In addition, Chang'e-6 is equipped with an international payload, in particular the French DORN detector for measuring the concentration of radon gas and its decay products on the surface of the Earth's natural satellite, a NILS negative ion analyzer from the European Space Agency, an Italian laser angle detector reflector and Pakistani satellite ICUBE-Q.
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