China News Service, Beijing, December 17 (Li Jingze) At 1:59 on December 17, Beijing time, the Chang'e-5 returner successfully landed in the planned area of Siziwang Banner, Inner Mongolia, marking the successful completion of China's first lunar sample return mission.
From landing to being sent away from the landing area, careful netizens found many "cute spots" during the return journey of "Wu Wu", and "scanned" the Chinese social network on the 17th.
The staff worked on the landing site of the Chang'e-5 returner.
Photo by Wang Jiangbo
There really is a "Jade Rabbit" to take "Chang'e"
In the early morning of the 17th, the Chang'e-5 returner successfully landed. Before the ground search team arrived at the returner’s landing site, a “cute love” scene appeared in the live broadcast. A small animal ran past the returner and arrived at the scene first .
In the picture, this animal has a small body and agile movements. Although it only passed by for a few seconds, it successfully attracted the attention of netizens.
Everyone speculated about which animal this figure was.
Is it a little fox?
Is it a field mouse?
"Could it be a jade rabbit?"
Among the many speculations, the rabbit is the most anticipated answer among netizens, because in Chinese mythology, there is indeed a white rabbit accompanying Chang'e on the moon.
Later in the morning, this wonderful conjecture was officially certified, and Liu Pengfei, deputy commander of the air search unit, confirmed in an interview with the media that "it is actually a rabbit."
"Just like what netizens said, it's Yutu, it's okay!" Liu Pengfei also said that the reason why he was able to find this "cute" was because the aircraft carrying out this mission was equipped with equipment capable of capturing infrared images. It is self-heating, and we can all catch it."
After the answer was announced, some netizens commented below that this can be described as a genuine "Jade Rabbit" and "Chang'e".
At 1:59 on December 17, Beijing time, the Chang'e-5 returner successfully landed in the planned area of Siziwang Banner, Inner Mongolia, marking the successful completion of China's first mission to sample and return extraterrestrial objects.
Landing was in the early morning. In order to keep warm the returner, prevent the remaining fuel from being frozen, and increase the difficulty of subsequent disposal, ground recovery personnel put on two thick layers of cotton clothing for the returner, and the outermost layer was also covered with a camouflage cover .
Photo courtesy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Stick warm baby for camouflage
After being found by the ground search team, the team members covered the whole body of the "Changwu" return cabin with warm babies, making it have two more cute "ears".
According to the ground recovery personnel, this was because it was early in the morning when landing, and there was still surplus of propellant inside the return cabin.
In order to keep the return device warm, prevent the remaining fuel from being frozen, and increase the difficulty of subsequent disposal, this type of temporary warm-keeping method is adopted.
Some netizens lamented, "High-end equipment often only needs the simplest heat preservation method."
Finally, the ground recycling personnel also put two thick cotton-padded coats on the "Changwu", and then covered it with a "camouflage jacket". After it was wrapped into a "big zongzi", it was sent to the car and taken home. .
Regarding this operation, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Group's Weibo quipped, "Give my "cubs" to keep warm."
Among them, it is not difficult to see the aerospace staff’s love for the "Fifth". This mood has also resonated with netizens. Some people commented that this is like a careful mother who dresses her children warmly every time they go out. Take care of everything.
Become "black face" after a business trip
On the 17th, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation also released a comparison chart before and after the "Business Trip" of the "Fifth".
In the picture, the "Chang Wu" before the business trip is white and white, and the "Chang Wu" after the business trip is black and black.
Some netizens said that it is not easy to get "express delivery" from the moon, and the little face is "very black". It's hard work!
In fact, those who have seen the Shenzhou spacecraft return to the cabin will definitely be impressed by the jet-black appearance.
The reason why the whole body is black is that when the return capsule returns to the earth from low-Earth orbit, it is burnt by the high temperature generated by the intense friction of the atmosphere.
Earlier, some media reported that the high temperature was a stumbling block on the way back home for the Chang'e-5 return.
When it enters the atmosphere at high speed, the friction will generate violent high temperature, and the sharp increase in heat will bring great challenges to the return of the spacecraft. Fortunately, the heat-resistant structure design team of the overall design department has cleverly designed a "intimate heat-resistant clothing" for the "Chang Wu" "To help it land successfully.
After 23 days, Chang'e-5 passed through many difficulties such as earth-moon transfer, near-moon braking, circumlunar flight, lunar landing, automatic sampling, lunar take-off, lunar orbital rendezvous and docking, reentry and return, and successfully carried lunar samples. Return to earth.
Its trip affects the hearts of Chinese people. When it returned, netizens gave it thumbs up on social platforms. These "likes" were a tribute to China's first lunar sample return mission. The Chinese dream of "flying into the sky and holding the moon" for thousands of years has also added to the Chinese people's new expectations for the future exploration of "the sea of stars".
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