Scientific objectives and payload configuration of the Chang'E-7 mission

C Wang, Y Jia, C Xue, Y Lin, J Liu, X Fu… - National Science …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
As the cornerstone mission of the fourth phase of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program,
Chang'E-7 (CE-7) was officially approved, and implementation started in 2022, including a …

Return to the Moon: New Perspectives on Lunar Exploration

Y Lin, W Yang, H Zhang, H Hui, S Hu, L Xiao, J Liu… - Science Bulletin, 2024 - Elsevier
Lunar exploration is deemed crucial for uncovering the origins of the Earth-Moon system
and is the first step for advancing humanity's exploration of deep space. Over the past …

Returned samples indicate volcanism on the Moon 120 million years ago

BW Wang, QWL Zhang, Y Chen, W Zhao, Y Liu… - Science, 2024 - science.org
There is extensive geologic evidence of ancient volcanic activity on the Moon, but it is
unclear how long that volcanism persisted. Magma fountains produce volcanic glasses …

Reassessing the classification of Chang'e-5 basalts using pyroxene composition

HC Tian, W Yang, Y Gao, Q Zhou, R Ruan, Y Lin, X Li… - Lithos, 2023 - Elsevier
Determining the types of lunar mare basalts (ie, very low-Ti, low-Ti, and high-Ti) is important
for constraining the chemical composition of the lunar mantle and the possible dynamic …

[PDF][PDF] Rb-Sr isotopes record complex thermal modification of Chang'e-5 lunar soils

Y Li, Z Wang, W Zhang, L Zhou, K Zong, L Feng… - Science …, 2023 - researchgate.net
Lunar soil is produced by fragmentation-comminution-mixing during numerous impacts of
(micro) meteorites and is of great importance to understanding the surface condition and …

[HTML][HTML] Geological context of the Chang'e-6 landing area and implications for sample analysis

Z Yue, S Gou, S Sun, W Yang, Y Chen, Y Wang, H Lin… - The Innovation, 2024 - cell.com
Research on returned samples can provide ground truth for the study of the geological
evolution history of the Moon. However, previous missions all collected samples from the …

Low Ni and Co olivine in Chang'E-5 basalts reveals the origin of the young volcanism on the Moon

B Su, D Zhang, Y Chen, W Yang, Q Mao, XH Li, FY Wu - Science Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
Mare basalts returned by the Chang'E-5 (CE5) mission extend the duration of lunar
volcanism almost one billion years longer than previously dated. Recent studies …

Sulfide compositions of young Chang'e-5 basalts and implications for sulfur isotopes in lunar basalt sources

Z Wang, Y Li, W Zhang, Q He, F Pan, Z Hu… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2024 - Elsevier
Sulfides are accessory phases in lunar rocks but are important for understanding lunar
interior processes as well as impacts on the lunar surface. Whether or not the lunar mantle …

2023 年空间科学与深空探测热点回眸

白青江, 时蓬, 宋婷婷, 王琴, 范全林, 王赤 - 科技导报, 2024 - kjdb.org
空间科学与深空探测为基础科学研究突破提供了第一手的观测数据, 成就诸多有重要影响的新
发现和新突破, 不断开拓人类认识宇宙的新边界. 主要依据国际顶刊空间科学研究亮点论文 …

[HTML][HTML] Geologic context of Chang'e-6 candidate landing regions and potential non-mare materials in the returned samples

Z Jia, J Chen, J Kong, L Qiao, X Fu, Z Ling - Icarus, 2024 - Elsevier
Our understanding of the lunar farside from orbital remote sensing is limited by the lack of
ground-truth constraints from returned samples. China's Chang'e-6 (CE-6) mission plans to …