🚀 In a stellar leap for humanity, China's Chang'e-6 probe has successfully touched down on the far side of the moon this Sunday morning! 🌕 Scientists from around the world are buzzing with excitement and gratitude, thanking China for this groundbreaking mission.
The Chang'e-6 mission isn't just a win for China; it's a win for global collaboration in space exploration! 🌍✨ Carrying four international payloads, the mission merges human expertise from across the planet.
Among the payloads are the DORN (Detection of Outgassing Radon) from the French Space Agency and NILS (Negative Ions at the Lunar Surface) from the European Space Agency. Plus, a shiny laser retroreflector from Italy! 🇫🇷🇪🇺🇮🇹 These instruments are set to unlock secrets of the moon's far side.
DORN will study how radon gas escapes from the lunar soil and how this and other substances like water travel in the moon's thin exosphere. NILS will measure how solar winds, once they reach the moon, bounce off its surface. And that laser retroreflector? It's aiming to measure the distance between Earth and the moon with incredible precision! 🌌🔭
But that's not all! The mission also includes a cube satellite from Pakistan called ICUBE-Q. 🛰️🇵🇰 This little explorer separated from the Chang'e-6 orbiter on May 8 and is now snapping pics of the moon and conducting its own investigations.
This mission is a shining example of what we can achieve when we work together. 🌟 As we peel back the mysteries of our lunar neighbor, who knows what discoveries await us? The sky isn't the limit anymore—it's just the beginning! 🚀🌠
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Foreign scientists thank China for role in Chang'e-6 lunar mission
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