for the first time, Humanity About to get Soil samples from the far side of the MoonThanks for the investigation China Changyi 6.
in it Twentieth century He was Several missions to the moonthe NASA surveyorAnd amazing Apollo Inhabited or unannounced Satellite of the Soviet Union With them Vehicles Longexistence. But it seems like it’s all over early The seventies decade.
there was 1976 When the moon fell Soviet space probe Luna 24who returned to Land with Lunar soil samples. Then there were some Orbits Moles And nothing more. They passed 37 years old So this one Space ship I touched the lunar soil again, and this time it was my turn China Marking the return to the moon.
Mythology
the Chinese lunar missions They were named It changesIn honor of Moon goddess In the Chinese mythology.
It changes She was a young wife, who one day found a pill to become immortal, but she was afraid that her husband would kill her Hey When he discovered this, he took the entire pill, when he should have only taken half of it. Zhang began floating uncontrollably, flying so high that he reached the moon, from where he could not return. Chang’e becomes the moon goddess and accompanies her there you tooJade rabbit.
Missions to the moon
China He started for him Exploring the moon maps drawing for him Surfacewith the probe space It changes 1 between 2007 and 2009 And then with Changhe 2 in 2010Getting Map in more detail.
next to, It changes 2 Tracking network testing and Spatial control And then I headed to Asteroid 4179 Toutatis.
With the Moon mapped, the next mission was extremely ambitious. he December 14, 2013 China made history Chang’e 3 landing on the moon. The first to do so in 37 years.
Subordinate Moon landing module download Astronomical Yutufor one 90 day missionBut it worked for 972 days! Real success. Overall, travel 114 metresuntil the end of the mission in 2016.
you too Discover a Basalt type with titanium and ilmenite (titanium and iron) in proportions unknown until then.
As a big surprise, It changes 3 Copied A telescope 50 mm In diameter, for notes in ultravioletl Study of galaxies, Cores Galaxy, stars Variables, Duality And Quasars.
And he followed him Changhe 4 With the Yuto 2 AstromobileWhich landed on the moon in 2019 in the Von Kármán crater, located on the far side of the moon. It is the first mission to land on the moon on this side. By the way, it is wrong to call it the dark side, because during the new moon, this side is completely illuminated by the sun, and in the waxing and waning quarters only part of it is illuminated. It is called the hidden side because we do not see it from Earth, as the moon always shows us the same side.
To establish contacts with Hidden side of the moon, China Sent to Satellite Quiqiaoto retransmit signals Yuto 2 to Land. Yuto 2 The trip was successful as the distance exceeded one kilometre.
next to, Changhe 4 I was able to germinate cotton seeds in a special container.
Despite the achievements, nothing Space mission No matter how successful he is, he will be able to equal or surpass him Research capacity from U.S Lab Land. Therefore, it will always be better to bring samples to Land. However, this Missions It will be so expensive and complex that very few people will see the light of day.
he December 1, 2020 Landed on the moon It changes 5. I picked up 1.73 kg of soil and subsoil samplesThanks to the exercises. Then it took off and returned to Earth. The container containing the samples landed in Mongolia on December 16, 2020. It has been 44 years since the last mission brought samples from the Moon to Earth. Soviet Moon 24.
Meanwhile in moon, Zhang 5 Discovered water Inside a rockEven if it is in small proportions. to Future manned missions to the moon, It is necessary to know where the water is located. Since the liquid is not only vital Survival From humansHa Oxygen is extracted for breathing, hydrogen To be used as fuel And the water Useful for Mining.
The latest to make history is Chang’e 6, which landed on the moon on June 1, on the far side of the moon, the second probe to do so.
the Chang’e 6 is identical to number 5with Similar task profile. The new task will collect up to 2 kilograms of soil and subsoil samplesl until 2 meters depth. His big goal would be to return to… Land With samples, what should happen in… First week of June.
he Hidden side of the moon It is completely different from what we see, it is full DrillingSome are huge. Just 1% of its surface It is covered by Seas (Dark areas), and on the visible side it is 31.2%.
Seemingly, Earth’s temperature When formed and gravityI caused emergence Of molten rock on the visible side of the moonwhich, after cooling after millions of years, formed Seas. But to complete this, we need to know better The crust on the far side of the Moon Lunar samples will contribute to this.
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