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Negotiations have come to a standstill over an planned exchange of China’s Chang’e-5 lunar samples, pictured, and samples collected by America’s Apollo missions. Photo: Xinhua via AP

Exclusive | Hopes dim for China and US space agencies to exchange moon samples

Space officials in China and the United States have been discussing a swap but Nasa has not been forthcoming, sources say.

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Will these be the building blocks of China’s base on the moon?

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How a Chinese lunar probe and 3 glass beads rewrote the moon’s geological past

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Chinese scientists devise method to get water from moon rocks

The technique, developed following a study of samples brought back by the Chang’e-5 mission, could be a key step to building a lunar base.

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Researchers have spent decades searching for water sources on the moon. Photo: Shutterstock

Chinese team studying moon soil finds first trace of lunar water

Scientists find hydrated mineral ‘enriched’ with molecular water based on soil samples returned by Chang’e-5 mission in 2020.

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Editorial | Shot at latest moon rocks helps Hong Kong lift off

Hong Kong Polytechnic University hopes to compare lunar soil collected by China’s Chang’e-6 mission from far side with nearside samples of Chang’e-5.

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Hong Kong researchers eye far side of moon soil samples from Chang’e-6 mission

Polytechnic University also says it recently secured loan of lunar soil samples collected by Chang’e-5 mission in 2020.

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The space resources laboratory of PolyU’s Deep Space Exploration Research Centre has set up a lunar soil sample storage and analysis facility. Photo: May Tse

What is China’s Chang’e-6 doing on the moon?

China’s Chang’e-6 lander touches down on far side of moon on rock sample mission

Probe lands on the South Pole-Aitken basin and will start collecting the first samples from this part of the moon.

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China’s Chang’e-6 blasts off to fetch samples from far side of the moon

Chinese spacecraft begins 53-day journey to collect soil and rocks and bring them back to Earth for scientific study.

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The Chang’e 6 spacecraft lifts off aboard a Long March 5 rocket from the southern island province of Hainan on Friday. Photo: AFP

Chinese scientists may be a step closer to unravelling mystery of lunar surface

Two new minerals have been identified by researchers analysing moon soil samples collected by the Chang’e 5 mission.

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The minerals were probably formed as a result of intense vaporisation and deposition triggered by the constant, powerful bombardment of micrometeorites from space, the team says in Nature Astronomy. Photo: Chinese National Space Agency Lunar Exploration and Space Engineering Center

3 Chinese satellites enter lunar orbit, fate of 2 that fell short isn’t clear

Queqiao-2 communication relay satellite arrived 440km above the moon’s surface early on Monday, says CNSA; state media says ‘work is under way to address’ DRO-A/B satellites that failed to reach their designated altitude after March 13 launch.

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Can Chinese scientists solve the mysteries presented by Chang’e 5 moon samples?

Soil samples brought to Earth by Chinese moon mission show unique mineral was likely produced in Aristarchus crater and ejected northward to sample site.

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China launches new communications relay satellite

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China launches relay satellite to allow communication with far side of the moon

Queqiao-2 lifted off atop a Long March 8 rocket at 8.31am on Wednesday, along with smaller satellites Tiandu-1 and 2 that will orbit the moon to test and verify navigation and communications technologies.

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On Wednesday, the Long March 8 Yao-3 rocket carrying the Queqiao-2 relay satellite for the fourth phase of China’s lunar exploration project lifted off at the Wenchang launch site in China. Photo: Xinhua

Moon miss: Chinese satellites fail to reach planned orbit for lunar test

‘The satellites have not been inserted into their designated orbit, and work is under way to address this problem,’ Chinese state media says.

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Surveillance on the moon? China to take its mass camera network to outer space

Chinese aerospace agencies outline how 600 million-camera Skynet inspires system to watch assets at lunar research station and track foreign visitors arriving on and leaving the moon.

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Beleaguered Peregrine mission could put US behind China in moon race: expert

It may be a good idea to test out propulsion and lander technologies first in space, author and space policy expert at Arizona State University says.

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Peregrine is the first in a string of moon missions, established under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services Programme as a partnership between Nasa and space companies in the US. Photo: AFP

Companies to attempt first US moon landings since Apollo missions

Astrobotic and Intuitive Machines are looking to end America’s moon-landing drought and vying for bragging rights as the first private entity to land on the moon.

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Removal of China’s defence minister ends Li Shangfu’s stratospheric career

Li, 65, was a stalwart of China’s aerospace programme before appointment as defence minister in March, making global headlines as the country’s first defence minister on a US sanction list.

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Did India land spacecraft near moon’s south pole? Top China scientist says not

Chinese lunar scientist disputes the claim, saying site was within moon’s southern hemisphere but not in the polar region. Others agree, but one notes that landing a rover close the south pole ‘is already a major achievement’.

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The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft prepares for landing on the moon’s surface on August 23. Photo: ISRO via AP

Editorial | No room for weapons in the latest space race

As India joins the elite landings club after Russian woe, more countries will be looking beyond the stars to fuel new and old rivalries.

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The Chandrayaan-3 rover is seen on the surface of the moon in a photo released on Friday. Photo: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) via AFP

Luna-25 crash not expected to break up China-Russia moon base partnership

Robotic probe was the first in a series of Russian missions planned as part of ILRS project but spun out of control and collided with the lunar surface on Saturday.

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‘Thanks for the ride’: excitement amid India’s second moon landing attempt

The nation has a comparatively low-budget aerospace programme, but is rapidly closing in on the milestones set by global space powers.

Hong Kong scientists have lift-off for research project using moon rock and dust

HKU’s Dr Qian Yuqi beats off stiff competition to win use of precious lunar rocks and dust from 2020 mainland Chinese moon shot for research.

The Chinese moon mission’s Chang’e-5 probe after its successful return to Earth in 2020. Photo: Xinhua

Editorial | Space no place for China, US rivalry

There are so many areas in exploration in which the two sides can cooperate without compromising national security or interests.

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Both the US and China are looking to the stars – but their earthly disagreements may get in the way of progress. Photo: Shutterstock

The time machine sifting through the dust of China’s distant past

The Australian-developed SHRIMP technology has been used to date some of the oldest known rocks in China – and now a group of Chinese researchers hope to take the technology forward.

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Why did lava flow on ‘cold and dead’ moon? Chinese scientists find clues

Volcanic eruptions may explain 2-billion-year-old lava rocks retrieved from the lunar surface during China’s Chang’e 5 mission.

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China’s moon mission saw the Chang’e-5 space lander make a historic collection of samples from the lunar surface.
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9 September, 2024
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