China plans to launch its next robotic rover in 2024. The device will transport equipment
Chang'e 6 is part of China's ongoing mission to return moon samples to Earth "for comprehensive analysis and research," the Associated Press reported.
For the 2024 mission, China NationalThe Space Administration has invited scientists from all over the world to participate in the program, offering to transport the payload into space. Currently, four types of payloads, developed by international scientists, have been preselected.
China will build a Sky Sentinel telescope with Hubble characteristics
In addition to a lunar satellite, asteroid protection systems may be installed as part of the program, although there are no details about this yet, according to Reuters.
In December 2020, the Chinese probe capsuleChang'e 5 successfully returned to Earth. The device was launched on November 24 last year, landed on the visible side of the Moon and spent two days collecting soil using a drilling device and a manipulator.
In 2014, China became the third country after the USSRand the United States, which has launched a return spacecraft to the Moon. The unmanned vehicle flew around a natural satellite of the Earth in eight days, covering a distance of 840 thousand km.
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