China will launch an unmanned spacecraft to the moon to collect lunar rocks for further
If the mission is successful, China will become the thirda country that was able to collect and deliver lunar samples to Earth (two other countries - the USA and the USSR). The Chinese probe, scheduled to launch in the coming days, will attempt to collect 2 kg of samples from a previously unvisited area in the massive lava plain called the Ocean of Storms.
Scientists hope this orbital study will help show a variety of rock types, minerals and more ancient rocks from the lunar surface.
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China made its first lunar landing in 2013year. China plans to get samples from Mars by 2030. In July, China launched an unmanned probe to Mars on its first independent mission to another planet.
The Soviet Union was the first to land on the moon in1959 year. Ten years later, the Americans launched the Apollo program and in three years took 382 kg of rock and soil samples from the Earth satellite. The USSR completed three successful robotic missions to the satellite, in two of which they managed to extract about 270 grams of lunar rock.
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