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Chang'E 6- Sample Return

Phil Stooke View Member Profile	Aug 11 2017, 05:46 AM Post #1
Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10265 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227	https://www.chinaspaceflight.com/satellite/.../CE-6/CE-6.html CE-6 now being touted for 2020 and a south polar target. The rim of Shackleton crater is suggested, probably just for a mission simulation rather than serious site planning at this stage. I had been hearing about two polar landers in the 2023-2025 period (roughly) in addition to and following CE-6, which I had assumed was going to the same general region as CE-4. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out. -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself. Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PDF: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain)

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Phil Stooke Chang'E 6- Sample Return Aug 11 2017, 05:46 AM

A.Nemo as a copy and backup of CE-5, CE-6 will be launche... Jun 4 2019, 02:46 AM

bobik The French DORN (Detection of Outgassing RadoN) ex... Nov 7 2019, 02:20 PM

Huguet Since long time we have Chang'e 6, 7 and 8 wit... Oct 26 2020, 04:59 PM

Steve G On the subject of the water on the moon announceme... Oct 26 2020, 09:33 PM

Phil Stooke Moon - Rheita Valley is the linear feature. Mare ... Oct 26 2020, 10:45 PM

Steve G Awesome, thanks! Oct 27 2020, 02:48 AM

Phil Stooke Heard at LPSC: CE7 will fly before CE6. CE7 is an... Mar 21 2021, 05:25 PM

vjkane QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Mar 21 2021, 09:25 A... Mar 21 2021, 07:54 PM

Phil Stooke It was reported verbally in the plenary session on... Mar 21 2021, 09:07 PM

Phil Stooke Here is an abstract about an instrument to be carr... Oct 3 2022, 07:42 AM

vjkane QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Oct 2 2022, 11:42 PM... Oct 3 2022, 10:19 PM

Explorer1 A nice article about the replacement for the curre... Jan 19 2023, 01:25 AM

Cosmic Penguin Landing site has apparently been moved to S43º ±2º... Apr 25 2023, 01:34 PM

bobik The French DORN (Detection of Outgassing RadoN) in... Jul 4 2023, 04:41 AM

Phil Stooke https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-023-02038-1... Aug 1 2023, 07:16 AM

nprev Agreed. Topic title changed. Aug 2 2023, 06:35 PM

Phil Stooke Chang'e 6 is preceded by its relay satellite Q... Apr 12 2024, 06:28 AM

Thorsten Denk Cháng'é-6 launch next "early Friday, May ... Apr 30 2024, 07:11 AM

Hungry4info The Planetary Society has a good article on the mi... Apr 30 2024, 12:37 PM

Hungry4info QUOTE (Hungry4info @ Apr 30 2024, 06:37 A... May 4 2024, 12:28 AM

Explorer1 A successful launch and deployment to lunar trajec... May 3 2024, 01:00 PM

Hungry4info Chang'e 6 carries a rover! The rover has a... May 3 2024, 06:37 PM

kenny Small rover strapped to the side of the lander. C... May 4 2024, 04:20 PM

kenny Scott Tilley on Twitter/X is reporting continued t... May 6 2024, 08:12 PM

kenny Mission timeline on Weibo: Arrival at the moon ... May 7 2024, 08:34 PM

Hungry4info Chang'e 6 has successfully entered lunar orbit... May 8 2024, 03:49 AM

Hungry4info Pakistan's ICUBE-Q has been deployed at the ap... May 8 2024, 07:39 PM

Hungry4info Images have been received from ICUBE-Q. May 10 2024, 05:36 PM

nogal I hope this is the right thread... The paper tit... May 26 2024, 10:48 PM

Phil Stooke https://x.com/SegerYu/status/1795057805495291916 ... May 27 2024, 07:12 PM

nogal My thanks to Phil for the information on the plann... May 28 2024, 07:58 PM

kenny Andrew Jones reports that the landing is now set f... May 29 2024, 07:01 PM

Thorsten Denk According to Seger Yu, the landing was successful... Jun 1 2024, 10:43 PM

Phil Stooke OK, assuming this is correct, here is an updated M... Jun 1 2024, 11:30 PM

Steve G QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jun 1 2024, 04:30 PM... Jun 2 2024, 01:22 AM

ollopa QUOTE (Steve G @ Jun 2 2024, 01:22 AM) Gr... Jun 2 2024, 02:13 AM

Hungry4info Confirmation from CGTN. https://news.cgtn.com/new... Jun 2 2024, 12:00 AM

Hungry4info Statement from CNSA. https://www.cnsa.gov.cn/n6758... Jun 2 2024, 12:34 AM

Hungry4info https://m.weibo.cn/status/Oh5xEjmcP Chang'e 6 ... Jun 2 2024, 01:05 AM

Hungry4info Broadcast is on. You can also find it on the Weibo... Jun 2 2024, 02:07 AM

Phil Stooke Your blue and yellow may be reversed. Phil Jun 2 2024, 02:19 AM

ollopa QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jun 2 2024, 02:19 AM... Jun 2 2024, 03:02 AM

Explorer1 One surface image being displayed now (looking str... Jun 2 2024, 02:20 AM

Hungry4info Surface! Jun 2 2024, 02:22 AM

Phil Stooke The broadcast ended with a great landing video. L... Jun 2 2024, 03:00 AM

Cosmic Penguin QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jun 2 2024, 11:00 AM... Jun 2 2024, 03:09 AM

Phil Stooke First impression, a bit north of the target. Phil Jun 2 2024, 03:49 AM

Hungry4info Coordinates are approximately -41.63839 206.0145... Jun 2 2024, 03:52 AM

Hungry4info I'm seeing reports on Weibo and from some Chin... Jun 2 2024, 05:08 AM

Phil Stooke Excellent work finding the site. It looks like we... Jun 2 2024, 06:47 AM

kenny Frame from the landing video showing shadows of ... Jun 2 2024, 09:16 AM

Phil Stooke Here is a very preliminary (in finished map terms,... Jun 2 2024, 06:27 PM

kenny Partial pano posted by Seger Yu. There is beauty... Jun 2 2024, 09:00 PM

djellison QUOTE (kenny @ Jun 2 2024, 01:00 PM) Part... Jun 2 2024, 10:05 PM

Phil Stooke "There is beauty in barrenness..." True... Jun 2 2024, 10:06 PM

Hungry4info Chang'e 6 has been working on the lunar surfac... Jun 3 2024, 01:58 AM

kenny Ouch! Apologies for the erroneous post.... (... Jun 3 2024, 08:07 AM

John Moore Just to put the location in a broader perspective ... Jun 3 2024, 01:38 PM

Phil Stooke Here is the first surface image I have seen: http... Jun 4 2024, 12:15 AM

ollopa QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jun 4 2024, 12:15 AM... Jun 4 2024, 12:30 AM

Explorer1 I wonder what the rover's purpose is (any inst... Jun 4 2024, 12:44 AM

Cosmic Penguin Full summary of the surface operations, including ... Jun 4 2024, 12:49 AM

Cosmic Penguin More photos from CNSA: First two are descent came... Jun 4 2024, 01:36 AM

Cosmic Penguin Full lander shot from the "secret" rover... Jun 4 2024, 01:51 AM

Hungry4info Full (?) resolution of the Chang'e 6 panorama. Jun 4 2024, 04:57 AM

kenny Video of sampling activities and ascent to lunar o... Jun 4 2024, 09:04 AM

neo56 Chang'e 6 panorama, horizon flattened and colo... Jun 4 2024, 08:38 PM

Phil Stooke Very nice! Thanks. I have been looking at th... Jun 5 2024, 12:12 AM

kenny Horizon view in a different direction, with distan... Jun 5 2024, 10:53 AM

Phil Stooke Kenny... that is Chang'e 5. Seger Yu was comp... Jun 5 2024, 06:11 PM

kenny Argh! My Mandarin let me down... thanks Phil... Jun 5 2024, 07:37 PM

Phil Stooke It's a full-time job keeping you on the straig... Jun 5 2024, 10:26 PM

kenny Getting over-excited by this fabulous mission... ... Jun 6 2024, 07:49 AM

kenny According to Xinhua News Agency, Chang'e-6 has... Jun 6 2024, 07:55 AM

Cosmic Penguin QUOTE (kenny @ Jun 6 2024, 03:55 PM) Acco... Jun 6 2024, 08:01 AM

Phil Stooke Rover tracks! Phil https://x.com/SegerYu/sta... Jun 6 2024, 07:14 PM

Phil Stooke This is a very preliminary sketch map of the rover... Jun 6 2024, 08:20 PM

Hungry4info Report on the negative ion detection experiment re... Jun 7 2024, 02:30 AM

Phil Stooke This is still preliminary but greatly improved ove... Jun 7 2024, 02:51 AM

Hungry4info Rover and horizon from the lander. Jun 7 2024, 09:45 PM

Phil Stooke Scott Tilley reports that the CE6 ascent stage has... Jun 8 2024, 06:43 AM

Hungry4info LRO imagery of Chang'e 6 lander. https://www.n... Jun 14 2024, 06:20 PM

Hungry4info Chang'e 6's capsule has just made it throu... Jun 25 2024, 05:57 AM

Hungry4info Samples from the anti-Earth hemisphere of the Moon... Jun 25 2024, 06:10 AM

Phil Stooke https://x.com/SegerYU/status/1806279693983007205 ... Jun 27 2024, 06:07 PM

Hungry4info 1935.3 grams collected. https://x.com/ChinaScience... Jun 28 2024, 02:10 AM

Hungry4info We now have an approximate location for the Chang... Jun 28 2024, 06:30 PM

Phil Stooke Yes! But the star for Chang'e 4 is not ve... Jun 29 2024, 06:21 AM

Phil Stooke With the new location for the ascent stage I will ... Jun 29 2024, 06:38 AM

Phil Stooke The full resolution version of that map is here: ... Jun 30 2024, 06:20 AM

PhilHorzempa A couple of views of the landing site of C-6 from ... Jul 21 2024, 04:50 AM

nogal Continuing the work of posts #30 and #32, here is ... Aug 5 2024, 06:57 PM

Phil Stooke Names Approved for Moon: 11 Names for Features at ... Aug 8 2024, 07:33 AM

nogal Thank you Phil. I'm adding those names to the... Aug 12 2024, 11:35 AM

peter59 The Chinese have already posted data from the Chan... Sep 30 2024, 10:19 AM

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