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China will send a new probe to the moon

06.01.2014

Authorized representatives of the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced their plans to conduct a new phase of exploration missions on the moon. The main goal of the expeditions will be to take soil samples from the surface of the Earth's satellite and deliver it for study to Chinese laboratories.

The continuation of the current and rather successful stage of studying the lunar surface will be the launch of the Chang'e-4 probe with a lunar lander, the launch of which is planned to be carried out as early as 2015. Chang'e-4 is the successor mission of the Chang'e-3 probe, which became the first Chinese spacecraft to land on the moon. We talked about its lunar landing in detail 2 weeks ago, and all stages, from launch from the spaceport, entering orbit and ending with docking with the surface of the Moon, passed without any hitches.

The next third stage of the Chinese space program should mark its beginning with the launch of Chang'e-5, and after some time, Chang'e-6. The launch of the fifth generation of the Chinese spacecraft is scheduled for 2017. At the moment, preparatory work related to Chang'e-5 is proceeding as planned.

China, based on the announced plans, is very serious about settling its research modules on the Moon, thereby unofficially "staking out" the only satellite of the Earth for its own purposes. Such an active policy of the CNSA and the leadership of the Celestial Empire causes a lot of criticism and controversy from the American department for space exploration.

The activity of Chinese probes on the surface of the moon, according to representatives of the American agency, seriously interferes with the work of NASA's lunar orbiters. However, the true reason, most likely, is the unwillingness of the United States to give dominance in this direction to a competitor that is gaining momentum in space exploration. In addition, China has chosen the European Space Agency and Russia as parties for cooperation on the lunar program.

The most important aspect of the CNSA mission will be the return to Earth of lunar soil samples taken for study. None of the Chinese spacecraft has yet entered the atmosphere of our planet at a speed of 40 km / h. Testing of the technology to enable this is already underway in the Gobi Desert.

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