China’s Chang’e 5 moon samples, out of reach of NASA for years, are finally available to American scientists
NASA has given green-lighted space agency-funded researchers permission to request access to Chinese lunar samples returned to Earth via that country’s Chang’e-5 moon mission. In December 2020, China’s Chang’e-5 lunar mission shot 3.8 pounds (1,731 grams) of moon rocks and soil back to Earth from the Oceanus Procellarum exploration site on the moon’s near side. … Read more