The soil on the far side of the Earth satellite will help scientists understand the Moon’s evolution and the connection between the satellite and Earth. Landing and takeoff modules of the Chang’e-6 automatic station were used to remove soil.
Both rovers landed on the far side of the Moon in the South Pole-Aitken impact basin in the southern hemisphere. A special automatic machine collected 2 kg of soil into the cores. After this operation, the launch module entered lunar orbit and transferred the container with the payload to another service module, where the lunar vehicles were delivered to the target.
After separation, the service module remained in standby mode for 13 days due to adverse conditions, and then flew to Earth and dropped the return capsule with the container from a distance of five thousand km.
The capsule entered the Earth’s atmosphere over the Atlantic Ocean at 08:41 Moscow time on June 25. About 30 minutes later, the vehicle parachuted into Inner Mongolia in northern China.
The soil will be sent to the laboratory, where experts will open the capsule and begin research.
Source: Ferra
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