Staff members carry a box containing lunar samples retrieved by China's Chang'e-5 probe at the National Astronomical Observatories under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 19, 2020. A ceremony was held on Saturday at the National Astronomical Observatories under the CAS to receive the lunar samples retrieved by China's Chang'e-5 probe. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)
Staff members carry a container loaded with lunar samples retrieved by China's Chang'e-5 probe at the National Astronomical Observatories under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 19, 2020. A ceremony was held on Saturday at the National Astronomical Observatories under the CAS to receive the lunar samples retrieved by China's Chang'e-5 probe. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)
Hou Jianguo (R), president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), issues a responsibility letter to Chang Jin, director of the National Astronomical Observatories under the CAS, in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 19, 2020. A ceremony was held on Saturday at the National Astronomical Observatories under the CAS to receive the lunar samples retrieved by China's Chang'e-5 probe. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)
China will launch an experimental spacecraft between Friday and Sunday to test a key technology designed to help a future lunar probe return to Earth with soil samples. The unnamed spacecraft is due to reach a location near the moon before returning to Earth, said a spokesman for the China National Space Administration, which announced the launch on Wednesday.
China's fourth space launch center, the Wenchang satellite launch center in south China's Hainan Province, will launch the country's space station and cargo spacecrafts. Tao Zhongshan, chief engineer of the Xichang launch center, told Xinhua on Sunday that the new center will be used mainly for geosynchronous orbiters, large-tonnage space stations, cargo spacecraft, and large polar orbit satellites.
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