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China Donates Lunar Soil Samples to Russia During Putin's Visit, Official Says
China Donates Lunar Soil Samples to Russia During Putin's Visit, Official Says
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China donated samples of lunar soil to Russia for scientific purposes during Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Beijing in February 2022, Guan Feng, the executive director of China's Deep Space Exploration Lab, said.
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"When Russian President Vladimir Putin visited China in February 2022, China donated a sample of 1.5 grams [0.05 oz] of lunar soil to Russia for scientific purposes," Guan said at the celebration of the Space Day of China in the city of Hefei. The samples of lunar soil were collected in the northeastern part of the lunar mare Oceanus Procellarum, located on the visible side of the Moon, and delivered to Earth by the Chinese probe Chang'e 5 in December 2020, the official added. Beijing gifted the same amount of the lunar soil to Paris during French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to China earlier in April, Guan said. The Russian Space Research Institute said that a working group had been set up to analyze the samples received from China. Russian researchers plan to study the presence of volatile substances in the lunar soil and discuss the results of the analysis with their Chinese counterparts.Moreover, in response to the gift, Moscow has donated Beijing 0.05 oz of lunar soil collected by the Luna-16 space mission in the lunar mare Mare Fecunditatis in 1970, the institute said, adding that it had been the world's first automatic delivery of samples to Earth from another celestial body. Thanks to the analysis of the samples, Soviet scientists managed to establish that the Moon had formed 4.5 billion years ago.China celebrates the Space Day on April 24. On this date in 1970, Beijing launched the Changzheng-1, also known as Long March 1, carrier rocket, which delivered the country's first satellite, Dongfanghong-1, into orbit. In November 2020, China launched the Chang'e-5 vehicle. The mission lasted 23 days, as a result of which 1,731 grams of lunar samples were delivered to Earth. The probe became the first spacecraft sent for collecting lunar soil in 44 years. The mission made China the third country to supply lunar soil to Earth after the United States and the Soviet Union.
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China Donates Lunar Soil Samples to Russia During Putin's Visit, Official Says
12:27 24.04.2023 (Updated: 10:48 03.08.2023) Hefei, CHINA (Sputnik) – China donated samples of lunar soil to Russia for scientific purposes during Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Beijing in February 2022, Guan Feng, the executive director of China's Deep Space Exploration Lab, said on Monday.
"When Russian President Vladimir Putin visited China in February 2022, China donated a sample of 1.5 grams [0.05 oz] of lunar soil to Russia for scientific purposes," Guan said at the celebration of the Space Day of China in the city of Hefei.
The samples of lunar soil were collected in the northeastern part of the lunar mare Oceanus Procellarum, located on the visible side of the Moon, and delivered to Earth by the Chinese probe Chang'e 5 in December 2020, the official added.
Beijing gifted the same amount of the lunar soil to Paris during French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to China earlier in April, Guan said.
The Russian Space Research Institute said that a working group had been set up to analyze the samples received from China. Russian researchers plan to study the presence of volatile substances in the lunar soil and discuss the results of the analysis with their Chinese counterparts.
Moreover, in response to the gift, Moscow has donated Beijing 0.05 oz of lunar soil collected by the Luna-16 space mission in the lunar mare Mare Fecunditatis in 1970, the institute said, adding that it had been the world's first automatic delivery of samples to Earth from another celestial body. Thanks to the analysis of the samples, Soviet scientists managed to establish that the Moon had formed 4.5 billion years ago.
China celebrates the Space Day on April 24. On this date in 1970, Beijing launched the Changzheng-1, also known as Long March 1, carrier rocket,
which delivered the country's first satellite, Dongfanghong-1, into orbit.
In November 2020, China launched the Chang'e-5 vehicle. The mission lasted 23 days, as a result of which 1,731 grams of lunar samples were delivered to Earth. The probe became the first spacecraft sent for collecting lunar soil in 44 years. The mission made China the third country to supply lunar soil to Earth after the United States and the Soviet Union.
