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Space programs and missions · A guided course
Orbit, land, explore and bring lunar samples home
Explore China’s robotic Moon program from orbital maps to Yutu, far-side communications and returned samples. Follow the completed Chang’e 5 and 6 missions while learning how geological evidence is interpreted.
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Yutu-2 leaving the Chang’e 4 lander on the lunar far side. This surface photograph is not a picture of the relay satellite. Display image resized and compressed.
China National Space Administration / International Astronomical Union · Image source · CC BY 4.0Your place in the bigger picture
Build on familiar ideas, then choose a direction to explore next. Every course remains open.
Read the changing Moon, follow its shadows, and measure a moving partnership.
Six programs, six approaches to learning about the Moon.
Chang’e: China’s lunar exploration program
Orbit, land, explore and bring lunar samples home
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