[TODAY] CHINA IS READY TO LAUNCH FIRST ROBOTIC MOON SAMPLING MISSION TO MONS RUMKER, NEAR OCEANUS PROCELLARUM !

[vi-va]

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1cx411Y7aM

 

[Daniel808]

There is one more. Chang'e 2.
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Yes, Chang-e 2.

But currently, Chang-e 2 already leave Moon orbit, and going to the Deep Space. To conduct Another Scientific Mission there, and will back to Earth & Moon Orbit in 2029

Chang-e 2 (Operational Since 2010)

 

[Han Patriot]

Look at the blunt lying of those sougraped after their puerto rico collapse...

Legendary Arecibo telescope will close forever — scientists are reeling

New satellite image reveals the damage that shut down the facility, ending an era in astronomical observation.

www.nature.com

The science that has ground to a halt includes Arecibo’s world-leading asteroid studies. The telescope pinged radio waves at near-Earth asteroids to reveal the shape and spin of these threatening space rocks. Not having it “will be a big loss”, says Alan Harris, an asteroid scientist in La Canada, California. (China’s 500-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST), which opened in 2016, does not currently have the ability to do such radar studies.)

Yes yes, stupid Chinese, spend billion dollars and build a bigger one in 2016 but still lack capabilities of a 1963 telescope.

Only American can be great!

It's the typical white man stereotype, the Fast system is using the latest technology and more sensitive than arecibo, we will always be behind until one day they will claim another Huawei sanction when they piss in their pants and caught off guard.

 

[shi12jun]

 

[Dungeness]

I would love to see Chang'e 5 Lander taking a selfie with that lobvely robotic arm.

 

[Daniel808]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1334019352128000001

Beautiful leg indeed

 

[rott]

Next is the takeoff and docking with the returner. I'll celebrate when it lands. Till then, let's keep our fingers crossed. Do you know why people use keep your fingers crossed? @Daniel808

Beautiful leg indeed

 

[bshifter]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1334019352128000001

Beautiful leg indeed

If it is not crippled like the Indian one it's a good leg

 

[Galactic Penguin SST]

China's scientists reconstructing in 3D the landing site of the Chang'e 5 lander with 2 centimeters precision!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1334193755763613698

6:52 PM · Dec 2, 2020·Twitter Web App
https://twitter.com/HenriKenhmann/status/1334193755763613698


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Guess what, while both the U.S.A. and U.S.S.R. only retrieved rock samples from older layers of lunar regolith, of little strategic importance, China instead went directly to the most valuable spot of the Moon!

Published: 11:30pm, 2 Dec, 2020

Chang’e 5 landed near Mons Rumker, a volcano believed to be still active. The rocks and dust there could therefore be the most recent on the moon. The area is also rich in radioactive elements such as uranium, and only samples can help to explain their mysterious presence.

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3112296/chinas-change-5-enters-crucial-48-hours-its-mission-after-moon​

As Uranium is associated with rare earth deposits:

(Updated September 2019)

A large amount of uranium is in rare earth deposits, and may be extracted as a by-product.

http://web.archive.org/web/20160217231831/https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/uranium-resources/uranium-from-rare-earths-deposits.aspx
https://archive.is/Zw7Cc​

Of course no man can survive in the harsh space radiation environment outside of the protective earth magnetosphere above 400 km altitude, space probe having to be shut down during severe solar storm in order to survive. But read between the lines:

Published: 11:30pm, 2 Dec, 2020

Competition in space between China and the US is expected to intensify. China will soon start building a full-scale space station, land its first rover on Mars and invite other countries to jointly construct a robotic base on the moon.

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3112296/chinas-change-5-enters-crucial-48-hours-its-mission-after-moon​

Indeed, the ultimate undeclared goal is the construction of fully-robotic unmanned industrial complex throughout the Solar System, starting with the Moon then Mars:

If China can first secure the rare earth elements of the Moon and start its industrial scale exploitation, the assured Chinese monopoly would be the final nail in the coffin of the European World Order!

2020 will be remembered as the year the two East Asian superpowers have superseded the two former European superpowers (U.S.A.-U.S.S.R.), with Hayabusa-2 and Chang'e 5:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1333774170224689152

3:05 PM · Dec 1, 2020·Twitter for Mac
Images captured on July 11, 2019 from 10:03:54 ~ 10:11:44. 10 x speed video by the small monitor camera (CAM-H) during the 2nd touchdown of Hayabusa-2.
https://twitter.com/haya2e_jaxa/status/1333774170224689152

Guess what, it would not surprise me if Japan found some rare earth in its asteroid rock sample!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1334084244889608195

11:37 AM · Dec 2, 2020
Chang'e 5 lunar landing
https://twitter.com/Kaynouky/status/1334084244889608195

 

[Daniel808]

Next is the takeoff and docking with the returner. I'll celebrate when it lands. Till then, let's keep our fingers crossed. Do you know why people use keep your fingers crossed? @Daniel808

I don't know. Why bro? @rott

We are less than 24 hours, before China's First Launch from other planetary body (Moon), and First World Autonomous Robotic Lunar Orbit Rendezvous

https://twitter.com/x/status/1334153027176058880

What a Great Day for Humanity Space Exploration

 

[rott]

I don't know. Why bro?

It's mainly for the Christians. It signifies the cross Jesus died on.

 

[Galactic Penguin SST]

https://archive.vn/K7DBK/5a33a839371d30216fcca2628113e0f56e9f57f2.jpg ; https://archive.vn/K7DBK/5fc8ffdaddc5ea9cdaec85d623442f35200a726f/scr.png ; http://web.archive.org/web/20201203162516/https://pbs.twimg.com/media/En1BlMFWEAAXCeH?format=jpg&name=medium
▲ 1. Chang'e 5 unofficial mission patch

https://archive.vn/RtfC3/e774a5ca9cea380445449f8dae8cce3fe9abd30c.jpg ; https://archive.vn/RtfC3/792a5b2381c9a95aabd4c248e4586e65d83deea0/scr.png ; http://web.archive.org/web/20201203145546/https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EoSqd7hU4AEWf68?format=jpg&name=large
▲ 2. The last view from the Chang'e 5 lander before returning to Earth

Highlight of today: the ascent stage!

https://archive.vn/XL3xH/a31ac4e679520358c89339c90f4fd718904f8fdd.jpg ; https://archive.vn/XL3xH/e1522025a08c047d4762696e013dd5a21f756c91/scr.png ; http://web.archive.org/web/20201203163125/https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Enk5hmfWMAEddJy?format=jpg&name=large
▲ 3. Ascent stage during ground testing.

Latest timetable from Chinese forum:

https://archive.is/HFQ7V/78765cea87ff9b7cd1c8774b4aca9f20f1705d50.jpg ; https://archive.is/HFQ7V/3a1684d856251051dea4c76ec6b6c0ca37a8631f/scr.png ; http://web.archive.org/web/20201203143906/https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EoIhhJoXEAAe7gL?format=jpg&name=small
▲ 4. Timetable for the Return to Earth

• LAUNCH OF LANDER ASCENT STAGE: 3rd December 15:10 UTC (23:10 Beijing Time)

• Ascent stage's solar panel deployment, insertion into 15 x 180 km rendezvous and docking orbit: 3rd December 15:27 UTC (23:27 Beijing Time)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1334490062256541697

CGI Animation Video of the launch
https://twitter.com/Kaynouky/status/1334490062256541697

The most critical part of the mission, in a world first, never done before by any space power: a launch from another celestial body followed by a rendezvous and docking.

T-15 minutes!

And confirmation from amateur's ground telemetry of the liftoff!

https://archive.vn/g226d/c8e14b1aea8066a081c3a9527c0f9e747da3e82b.png ; https://archive.vn/g226d/a2719c8459eec8b1aabfb6cc1f3477ba33d50f7a/scr.png ; http://web.archive.org/web/20201203151812/https://i.imgur.com/E3KoLDp.png
▲ 5. Amateur's ground telemetry of the liftoff!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1334514908130660352

4:08 PM · Dec 3, 2020·Periscope
Telemetry of the liftoff
https://twitter.com/coastal8049/status/1334514908130660352

Liftoff confirmed at 23:10:21:000 Beijing Time (15:10:21:000 UTC)!

China leading in number of launch this year: 35 space launches vs the U.S.' 32 space launches!

https://archive.vn/cCRnq/e363be6c5beeae0941b5b0582e3ebe6ad836ac00.jpg ; https://archive.vn/cCRnq/3f8cc761dcb4c3eedd26785f601ba69fbfd41084/scr.png ; http://web.archive.org/web/20201203155526/https://i.imgur.com/6NJf20H.jpg
▲ 6. China leading in number of launch this year: 35 space launches vs the U.S.' 32 space launches

https://archive.vn/kKINU/a1e170c83d31bba83893fbc5c0cae6d32d89c42a.png ; https://archive.vn/kKINU/348187e0d07d51627cd3b9b08f5bf130acf04040/scr.png ; http://web.archive.org/web/20201203152713/https://9ifly.spacety.com/data/attachment/image/000/17/84/77_640_480.jpg
▲ 7. Liftoff confirmed!

#嫦娥五号上升器点火起飞#【转起留念！#我国在月球首次实现国旗独立展示# #我国首次地外天体起飞#[心]】12月3日23时10分，嫦娥五号上升器3000N发动机工作，成功将携带样品的上升器送入到近月点环月轨道。点火起飞前，着上组合体实现月面国旗展开以及上升器、着陆器的解锁分离。此次国旗展开是我国在月球表面首次实现国旗的“独立展示”！（总台央视记者崔霞 王世玉）

2020-12-03 23:31:46

BEIJING, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese spacecraft carrying the country's first lunar samples blasted off from the moon late Thursday, the China National Space Administration announced.

This represented the first-ever Chinese spacecraft to take off from an extraterrestrial body.

China's Chang'e-5 probe, comprising an orbiter, a lander, an ascender and a returner, was launched on Nov. 24, and its lander-ascender combination touched down on the north of the Mons Rumker in Oceanus Procellarum, also known as the Ocean of Storms, on the near side of the moon on Dec. 1.

After the samples were collected and sealed, the ascender of Chang'e-5 took off from the lunar surface, and is expected to complete unmanned rendezvous and docking with the orbiter-returner in lunar orbit, an unprecedented feat.

Chang'e-5 is one of the most complicated and challenging missions in Chinese aerospace history, as well as the world's first moon-sample mission in more than 40 years.

https://9ifly.spacety.com/forum.php?mod=redirect&goto=findpost&ptid=4587&pid=782244
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-12/03/c_139561693.htm
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Image taken from the lander of the ascender:

https://archive.vn/PxPkx/d71f7e0a03800dc6991c51013a518468a813f389.jpg ; https://archive.vn/PxPkx/a48b2a0760342b3b552b224cecd9be6b52657575/scr.png ; http://web.archive.org/web/20201203154808/https://9ifly.spacety.com/data/attachment/image/000/17/84/89_640_480.jpg
▲ 8. Image taken from the lander showing the ascender before liftoff.

https://archive.vn/uQQno/ec4833046f387627727a1a2b6833e0d19de57430.jpg ; https://archive.vn/uQQno/2a1c534f61554991cb9c0ccd8100482e80fb5e48/scr.png ; http://web.archive.org/web/20201203153940/http://tiebapic.baidu.com/forum/w=580;/sign=46e05bfc9b5494ee87220f111dcee1fe/94cad1c8a786c917ca00887ade3d70cf3bc75776.jpg
▲ 9. Liftoff of ascent stage captured from the lander's camera

CGI image from different angle of the same frame:

https://archive.vn/mD15t/f37292fdcedc54dbc158b28ccf3d92d981979741.jpg ; https://archive.vn/mD15t/e3565ae4f8ff1d2a230de753c1b48957393d3210/scr.png ; http://web.archive.org/web/20201203154230/https://9ifly.spacety.com/data/attachment/image/000/17/84/86_640_480.jpg
▲ 10. CGI image from different angle of the same frame

Video of the liftoff:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1334523926404362240

https://twitter.com/Kaynouky/status/1334523926404362240

Ascent stage's solar panel deployed!
https://9ifly.spacety.com/forum.php?mod=redirect&goto=findpost&ptid=4587&pid=782249

Bilibili Video of the liftoff + solar panel deployment:

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1ry4y1v79W?from=search&seid=10536996062719044738

【嫦娥五号】上升器起飞入轨成功！转自央视 2020-12-03 16:59:45
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1ry4y1v79W?from=search&seid=10536996062719044738

 

[kuge]

fists & toes crossed....good luck chang-e 5

 

[onebyone]

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[kuge]

has the ascension taken place?