China's Chang'e-5 retrieves 1,731 grams of moon samples
Updated: December 19, 2020 16:56Xinhua
Scientific researchers take out the container loaded with moon samples from the returner of Chang'e-5 probe in Beijing, capital of China, Dec 17, 2020. China's Chang'e-5 probe retrieved about 1,731 grams of samples from the moon, according to the China National Space Administration. Scientists will carry out the storage, analysis, and research of the country's first samples collected from the extraterrestrial object. [Photo/Xinhua]
BEIJING — China's Chang'e-5 probe retrieved about 1,731 grams of samples from the moon, according to the China National Space Administration.
The samples were transferred to the Chinese research teams on the morning of Dec 19.
Scientists will carry out the storage, analysis and research of the country's first samples collected from the extraterrestrial object.
The return capsule of Chang'e-5 probe landed in Inner Mongolia autonomous region in the early hours of Dec 17, bringing back the samples collected from the moon.
Scientific researchers take out the container loaded with moon samples from the returner of Chang'e-5 probe in Beijing, capital of China, Dec 17, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
Scientific researchers prepare to weigh the moon samples retrieved by the Chang'e-5 probe in Beijing, capital of China, Dec 17, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
Scientific researchers transfer the container loaded with moon samples in Beijing, capital of China, Dec 17, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
Scientific researchers transfer the container loaded with moon samples in Beijing, capital of China, Dec 17, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
