Beijing, Nov 20 (Prensa Latina) Preparations are underway for a new mission to the moon, with the departure from Jiangsu of the Yuan Wang-6 tracking ship, in what is to be a follow-up on the mission, with plans to bring samples back to Earth. This new mission is considered one of the most complicated and challenging for China, since its objective is to bring samples to Earth back from the Moon.
The current probe is the successor of the Chang’e-4, the world’s first probe traversing the dark side of the Moon.
If it performs as expected, another mission to the lunar North Pole will follow to determine the age of the soil, the composition of the solar wind, the isotopes of hydrogen, carbon, helium and oxygen.
Meanwhile, the Chang’e-7 will seek to discover if there is ice in the hidden side of the moon and the eighth will later focus on scientific experiments and will test key technologies to lay the foundations for the construction of a science and research base that involves humans and robots in the 2030s.
China has also launched since the summer a team to Mars in order to study the planet’s atmosphere, environment and geological characteristics.
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