As part of the Chang’e 5 mission, China planted a national flag on the surface of the moon. The corresponding snapshot is published by CGTN. Thus, the country became the third to plant its flag on a natural satellite of the Earth. Previously, this was done by the USA and the USSR.
“This is the first time that China has displayed a real factory-made national flag on the moon,” the TV channel reported, recalling that during the previous Chang’e 3 and Chang’e-4 missions, the national flag “was presented as a cover of space ship “.
On December 3, the takeoff vehicle of the Chinese mission Chang’e 5 left the surface of the Moon … The last time a man-made object left a natural satellite of the Earth was 44 years ago (the Soviet “Luna-24” in 1976).
Chang’e 5 soft landing on the Moon took place December 1st
Mission Chang’e 5 launched on November 24 with a heavy rocket Long March 5 from Wenchang Cosmodrome.
On January 3, 2019, the Chinese 140-kilogram lunar rover of the Chang’e 4 mission completed a> the world’s first soft landing on the opposite side of the Earth’s natural satellite (in the South Pole – Aitken basin).
As part of the Chang’e 5 mission, the lunar surface was drilled. Thus obtained about two kilograms of samples of volcanic origin from Rumker Peak, located in the northwestern part of the visible side of the Moon, should be delivered to Earth in the third week of December. Previously, such missions were carried out only by the USA and the USSR.