China News Service, Beijing, December 2 (Guo Chaokai, Ye Yutian, Duan Xun) The reporter learned from the China National Space Administration on the 2nd that at 23:11 on December 1, the Chang'e-5 probe successfully landed on the front of the moon at 51.8 degrees west longitude and north latitude. The pre-selected landing zone near 43.1 degrees, and the landing image is returned.
The image taken by the landing camera of the Chang'e-5 probe during the power down process.
Source: National Space Administration
At 22:57 on December 1, the combination of Chang'e-5 lander and ascender began to perform a power reduction from about 15 kilometers away from the moon surface. The 7,500 N variable thrust engine was turned on, and the probe's relative lunar speed was gradually increased from about 1.7 kilometers. /Sec drops to zero.
During this period, the Chang'e-5 probe made rapid attitude adjustments and gradually approached the moon surface.
After that, automatic obstacle detection was carried out. After the landing site was selected, the obstacle avoidance and slow vertical descent began, and the land steadily landed in the area north of the Rumk Mountains in the storm ocean on the front of the moon.
During the landing, the landing camera equipped with the lander took an image of the landing area.
Image taken by the landing camera of the Chang'e-5 probe after a soft landing.
National Space Administration
After the successful landing, the lander under ground control has carried out the state inspection and setup work such as the deployment of the solar wing and the directional antenna, and will officially start the lunar surface work lasting about 2 days to collect lunar samples.
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