The Chinese National Space Authority said, Sunday, that it has succeeded for the first time in achieving convergence and docking in the moon orbit of the "Chang'e-5" landing craft with the return vehicle group.

During this process, samples collected by the probe from the moon were transferred to the return craft on a mission that began with the launch of the spacecraft on November 24. On December 3, after completing the mission entrusted to it, the Chinese spacecraft took off and returned from the surface of the moon to outer space. The next stage of this mission is to safely reach Earth and deliver the lunar dust / rock samples to Chinese space scientists.

This scientific achievement is a historical qualitative leap in the journey of astronomers in China, which was crowned for the first time with success in bringing geological samples from the surface of the moon.

Source: Xinhua News Agency

By:Nadeemy Haded