Josh Dinner is Space.com's Content Manager. He is a writer and photographer with a passion for science and space exploration, and has been working the space beat since 2016.
China's most ambitious moon mission yet, Chang'e 6, entered lunar orbit overnight on Tuesday , setting its sights for a landing on the moon's far side to collect and return samples to Earth. 5 rocket to orbit and onward to a lunar trajectory. After a five-day transit to Earth's largest satellite, the probe performed an engine burn beginning at 10:12 p.m.
Assuming a successful landing, Chang'e 6 will collect a targeted 2 kilograms of lunar samples from the surface, as well as material drilled from up to 2 meters underground. Those samples will be stowed in the Chang'e 6 lander's ascent module, which will then launch and rendezvous with its probe counterpart in lunar orbit.
The samples will then be relocated to a reentry module on the Chang'e 6 orbiter, designed to protect the lunar material during reentry throughIf all goes according to plan, Chang'e 6's 53-day mission will end with the probe touching down back on Earth with samples from the moon's far side, and mark a major milestone in China's ongoing efforts for lunar exploration.
Josh Dinner is Space.com's Content Manager. He is a writer and photographer with a passion for science and space exploration, and has been working the space beat since 2016. Josh has covered the evolution of NASA's commercial spaceflight partnerships, from early Dragon and Cygnus cargo missions to the ongoing development and launches of crewed missions from the Space Coast, as well as NASA science missions and more.
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