Prof. YUNG Kai-leung, Director of the Research Centre for Deep Space Exploration (RCDSE) attended the Symposium on Chang’e-6 Mission for International Payloads in Wenchang, Hainan on 3 May and were invited to witness the launch of the Chang’e-6 lunar probe. The probe is equipped with the “Surface Sampling and Packing System” developed by Prof. Yung’s team in collaboration with China Academy of Space Technology (CAST), which will be used to collect and package lunar regolith samples.
Prof. Yung said that Chang’e 6’s mission to retrieve samples from the far side of the Moon is of great significance, and this is much more difficult and challenging than retrieving so on the front side of the Moon. The mission requires support from Queqiao-2 relay satellite due to poor communication on the far side of the Moon, and requires enhanced samplers for rapid sampling since the sampling time is shorter than that in Chang’e 5 mission. He said that the “Surface Sampling and Packing System” included the two samplers, two accompanying high temperature nearfield cameras and a primary sealing and packaging system that consisted of a sample container and its sealing mechanism. If they can successfully assist the Nation in obtaining soil from the far side of the Moon and bringing it back to Earth, this may contribute to the study of the Moon, the formation of the Universe, as well as the impact of solar wind on the Moon.
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