The Chinese probe will bite into the asteroid. 1 kg of space rocks will come to Earth
The Chinese space administration announced the start of work on the next lunar mission. Chang’e-7 will fly to the South Pole of the Moon. At the same time, the construction of a probe is underway, whose task will be to study comets and bring to Earth samples of soil taken from the asteroid approaching Earth. In late July, government officials asked elementary, high school and university students to submit ideas for popular science experiments that could fly into space on board the Chang’e-7 and ZengHe probes (asteroid probe). Another lunar probe Chang’e-7 will be another part of China’s south moon study program . The Chang’e program, initiated in the first decade of the 21st century, involved sending an orbiter, lander, and rovers to the Moon, as well as collecting lunar regolith samples from the lunar surface and transporting to Earth. The Chang’e-7 mission will include an orbiter and a lander that will deliver a rover and a mini-flying probe to the surface. The entire mission w...