China lands spacecraft on moon for historic sample collection

www.msn.com...

The Chinese government says a robot probe launched to return lunar rocks to Earth has landed on the moon. The official China News Service said the Chang'e 5 "successfully landed on the moon in the pre-selected landing area." It gave no more details.

(imho the Chicom gummint is a bunch of evil thugs but)

congrats to China for a tremendous scientific acheivment.

as far as I know they will be only the second nation on Earth to have gathered moon rocks.

science is good

a reply to: ElGoobero

I hope there is footage available from this and it will be interesting to hear what is yielded from studying the rocks.

I'm glad we are going to send men to the moon again

The US and Russia have previously collected moon samples, so this would make them 3rd to do so.

Congratulations to them nonetheless!

originally posted by: Churchhousecreeper
The US and Russia have previously collected moon samples, so this would make them 3rd to do so.

Congratulations to them nonetheless!

didn't realize the Russians did so.

what ever happened to China's manned space program? technical difficulties?

Great, now theres Covid on the moon

a reply to: ElGoobero

What's the historic part?

a reply to: Butterfinger

Brilliant. Made me laugh out loud!

Oops wrong chat

originally posted by: Bluntone22
a reply to: ElGoobero

What's the historic part?

50 years later?

a reply to: cooperton

May I ask for a link to that photo?

originally posted by: Oldcarpy2
a reply to: cooperton

May I ask for a link to that photo?

in the link: www.msn.com... you can click on the first picture and it takes you to a slideshow that contains that image.

Let hold the congrats util the return leg is behind them. Lifting off of another planet is the difficult part.

a reply to: cooperton

Link not working?

a reply to: cooperton

There is a caption. C’mon people.....


An artist's impression of the Chang'e 5 robotic lunar sample collection spacecraft on the surface of the moon. / Credit: CCTV via The Planetary Society

originally posted by: TheAlleghenyGentleman
a reply to: cooperton

There is a caption. C’mon people.....


An artist's impression of the Chang'e 5 robotic lunar sample collection spacecraft on the surface of the moon. / Credit: CCTV via The Planetary Society

Yeah I was gonna say...... it looked definitely like CGI. I was gonna say the shadows are way off on the other picture, but that too is just an animation. You'd think if they went there they would have proof other than CGI renderings? Idk.

I anxiously wait for real pictures and videos if they exist. I naturally distrust their government.

a reply to: cooperton

Working now.

For Pete's sake, read it!

It's an "artist's impression"!!!!!!!!!

"Take our word for it..."

- China.

originally posted by: Butterfinger
Great, now theres Covid on the moon

Yep better quarantine the joint for 99 years .... for the good of humanity and such a such.

If the Moon and Earth were created from the same cloud of debris, why bother digging there? Lets try another star system.

a reply to: carewemust

Off you go then. Bit tricky though.