At 14:07 on June 25, the Chang'e-6 returner carried lunar samples from the back of the moon and landed safely in the predetermined area of Siziwang Banner in Inner Mongolia. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the People's Republic of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, sent a congratulatory message, on behalf of the CPC Central Committee, the State Council, and the Central Military Commission, to extend warm congratulations and sincere greetings to the Chang'e-6 mission headquarters of the lunar exploration project and all comrades participating in the mission.
The command of the Chang'e-6 mission of the lunar exploration project and all the comrades who participated in the mission:
On behalf of the CPC Central Committee, the State Council, and the Central Military Commission, I would like to extend my warm congratulations and sincere greetings to you.
Chang'e-6 is the first time in human history that samples have been returned from the far side of the moon, which is another landmark achievement of the mainland in building a space power and a science and technology power. Over the past 20 years, all the comrades involved in the development and construction of the lunar exploration project have carried forward the spirit of lunar exploration, bravely scaled the peak of science and technology, made major achievements that have attracted worldwide attention, and embarked on a high-quality and high-efficiency road of lunar exploration. The motherland and the people will always remember your outstanding contributions!
I hope that you will take advantage of the momentum, meticulously carry out scientific research on lunar samples, continue to implement major aerospace projects such as deep space exploration, strengthen international exchanges and cooperation, move forward bravely and resolutely towards the goal of becoming a space power, make new contributions to exploring the mysteries of the universe and improving the well-being of mankind, and make new contributions to comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation with Chinese-style modernization!
Xi Jinping
June 25, 2024
The complete success of the Chang'e-6 mission of the lunar exploration project is inseparable from the hard work of the team behind it, so what is the story behind this lunar exploration sampling mission? Let's take a look.
380,000 km
is the distance from the Earth to the Moon
Since Jiko
People for the moon
Raise your eyes to it, and your heart yearns for it
A first glimpse from the former moon
to the return of later sampling
China's "Chang'e" has started its journey to the moon again and again
Chang'e-6 carried the first lunar specimen
Smooth return to Earth
How were these samples dug up?
Digging on the moon
What's the difference between digging in the earth and digging in the earth?
Listen to the International Astronautical Federation Space Transport Committee
Vice Chairman Yang Yuguang
Tell the story behind the world's first lunar removal
1
Chang'e VI
An "archaeological" tour of Guanghan Palace
More than 4 billion years ago
A diameter is about
A small celestial body of the order of 100 kilometers hit the moon
formed today with a diameter of more than 2,500 km
Aitken Basin
thereafter
Multiple hits not only knocked out
The deep layers of matter on the Moon
It also makes this area a dense basin
"A pit in a pit"
One of the Apollo Basins
This is where Chang'e-6 landed on the moon
According to Yang Yuguang
The reason why it was chosen to land here
Removal of engineering feasibility
It is of the greatest scientific value
"If we're lucky enough
It can be obtained from the far side of the Moon
It's very far from this age
Rock and soil samples"
And a sample of rocky soil so old
We have very hard access on Earth
therefore
Many Chinese romantically call it
Chang'e-6 is "to Guanghan Palace to go to archaeology"
2
Dig to the far side of the moon
"We were careful throughout the process"
Years
Humans have returned from the moon 10 times
All taken from the front side of the moon
And for the exploration of the back of the moon
At present, only China's "Chang'e" has been successfully realized twice
But even the second visit to the back of the moon
and Chang'e-5
Chang'e-6 with the same technical status
The trip wasn't easy
It is necessary not only to go to the back of the moon, but also to avoid risks
The means of supporting the moon dorsal are weak
Plus the far side of the moon has rough roads
Spacecraft are put to great pains
……
It's a huge difficulty to get back and forth
There are many challenges
As Yang Yuguang said
"We're going to the far side of the moon
Not because it's easy
Precisely because it's hard."
"We were careful throughout the process"
As "the only two human beings have explored the far side of the moon"
China's "Chang'e" is in this area
It's already one step ahead
3
Go to deep space
The moon may be the first stop for humans
Since Jiko
The Moon has been throughout the history of human civilization
all play a very important role
1,000 years
People are constantly trying to learn about the moon
As the pace of human exploration of the moon continues to expand
The unique vacuum environment and low-gravity environment on the Moon
as well as helium-3 resources, various mineral resources and water
Maybe in the future it can benefit humanity
Yang Yuguang introduced
With the continuous improvement of human space technology
and human probes traveling back and forth between the Earth and the Moon again and again
For the scale of development and utilization of lunar resources
It's bound to get bigger and bigger
"Sooner or later, one day
The Moon will become human
An outpost heading into deep space
for humanity on a larger scale
Laying the foundation for the development of the great space age"
Source: Xinhuanet