Provider: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Mission
Type: Robotic Exploration
Orbit: Lunar Orbit
Pad: 101, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
Mission Description
Chang'e 5 is China's robotic lunar sample return mission, which is set to bring back at least 2 kg of lunar soils and rock samples. The probe will perform a soft landing on the Moon, then rendezvous and dock with the return module in lunar orbit and fly back to Earth.
