After transferring the sample, the Ascender separated from the Orbiter, deorbited, and fell back down on the Moon at 22:49 UTC, on 6 December 2020, to avoid becoming space debris.
The Ascender launched from the lunar surface at 15:11 UTC, on 3 December 2020, followed by automatic lunar orbit rendezvous and docking with the Orbiter.
Ascender: after sampling, the lunar samples were transported to a container within the Ascender. The Ascender is on the top of the Lander. Lander: landed on the lunar surface after separating from the Orbiter, installed with a drill and a scooping device. The Chang'e 5 mission consists of four modules or components: The Chang'e 5 ascender testing Equipment Components The Chinese Lunar Exploration Program will finally lead to crewed missions in the 2030s. Phase four: in-situ resource utilization, and constructing an International Lunar Research Station near the lunar south pole. The backup of Chang'e 5, the Chang'e 6 mission, is also a lunar sample-return mission. Phase three: returning lunar samples, completed by Chang'e 5. Phase two: soft landing and deploying rover on the Moon, completed by Chang'e 3 (2013) and Chang'e 4 (launched in December 2018, landed on the far side of the Moon in January 2019). Phase one: orbiting the Moon, completed by Chang'e 1 in 2007 and Chang'e 2 in 2010. The Chinese Lunar Exploration Program has four phases, with incremental technological advancement: The mission made China the third country to return samples from the Moon after the United States and the Soviet Union. It launched at 20:30 UTC on 23 November 2020, from Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on Hainan Island, landed on the Moon on 1 December 2020, collected ~1,731 g (61.1 oz) of lunar samples (including from a core ~1 m deep), and returned to the Earth at 17:59 UTC on 16 December 2020.Ĭhang'e 5 was the first lunar sample-return mission since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 in 1976. Like its predecessors, the spacecraft is named after the Chinese moon goddess, Chang'e. Mons Rümker, region of Oceanus ProcellarumĤ3☀3′27″N 51★4′58″W / 43.0576°N 51.9161°W / 43.0576 -51.9161 Ĭhang'e 5 ( Chinese: 嫦娥五号 pinyin: Cháng'é wǔhào ) was the fifth lunar exploration mission in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program of CNSA, and China's first lunar sample-return mission. 
Chang'e 5 probe separating from the launcher (artist's impression)
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