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China’s moon mission saw the Chang’e-5 space lander make a historic collection of samples from the lunar surface.
China has proposed building a radio telescope on the moon although finding a large, flat surface in the rugged terrain of the lunar south pole is a challenge. Photo: Shutterstock Images
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Chinese scientists propose a giant telescope on the far side of the moon

Array would leverage robotic and crewed lunar missions and China-led International Lunar Research Station set to take shape by 2035.

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Moon’s magnetic pull lasted much longer than thought: Chinese study

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The English impediment: why Chinese scientists can’t use Chinese

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World first as Chinese sample reveals ‘young’ volcanic activity on moon’s far side

Chinese and US scientists have come up with some surprising results after testing rock samples collected by the Chang’e-6 lunar mission.

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Scientists have already made a major discovery after testing began on samples collected by China’s Chang’e-6 probe from the far side of the moon. Photo: CNSA/Xinhua via AP
SCMP Highlights

Recap | Musk casts shadow on China’s space ambitions, moon sample swap stalls and more space news

US-China space rivalry, stalled moon sample swap talks, Shenzhou’s pioneering female space flight engineer and more latest China space news.

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Exclusive | Hopes dim for China and US space agencies to exchange moon samples

Space officials in China and the United States have been discussing a swap but Nasa has not been forthcoming, sources say.

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Will these be the building blocks of China’s base on the moon?

Researchers in Wuhan simulate lunar soil to create what could become the foundations of a space outpost.

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The blocks join in a mortar and tenon design. Photo: CCTV
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How a Chinese lunar probe and 3 glass beads rewrote the moon’s geological past

New analysis of mission samples reveals volcanoes were still erupting on the moon when dinosaurs walked the Earth.

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Chinese scientists devise method to get water from moon rocks

The technique, developed following a study of samples brought back by the Chang’e-5 mission, could be a key step to building a lunar base.

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Chinese team studying moon soil finds first trace of lunar water

Scientists find hydrated mineral ‘enriched’ with molecular water based on soil samples returned by Chang’e-5 mission in 2020.

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Chinese scientists, using a sample provided by CNSA, isolated more than 1,000 mineral clasts that include a crystal dubbed “unknown lunar mineral” (ULM-1) that contained water molecules. Photo: CNSA
Hong Kong

Editorial | Shot at latest moon rocks helps Hong Kong lift off

Hong Kong Polytechnic University hopes to compare lunar soil collected by China’s Chang’e-6 mission from far side with nearside samples of Chang’e-5.

Hong Kong’s Polytechnic University has requested access to some of the lunar soil collected last month during the Chang’e-6 mission – the first samples from the far side of the moon ever brought back to Earth. Photo: Getty Images
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Hong Kong researchers eye far side of moon soil samples from Chang’e-6 mission

Polytechnic University also says it recently secured loan of lunar soil samples collected by Chang’e-5 mission in 2020.

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Chang’e-6

Video | What is China’s Chang’e-6 doing on the moon?

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China’s Chang’e-6 lander touches down on far side of moon on rock sample mission

Probe lands on the South Pole-Aitken basin and will start collecting the first samples from this part of the moon.

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China has landed a spacecraft on the moon’s far side for a second time. Photo: CCTV
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China’s Chang’e-6 blasts off to fetch samples from far side of the moon

Chinese spacecraft begins 53-day journey to collect soil and rocks and bring them back to Earth for scientific study.

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The Chang’e 6 spacecraft lifts off aboard a Long March 5 rocket from the southern island province of Hainan on Friday. Photo: AFP
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Chinese scientists may be a step closer to unravelling mystery of lunar surface

Two new minerals have been identified by researchers analysing moon soil samples collected by the Chang’e 5 mission.

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3 Chinese satellites enter lunar orbit, fate of 2 that fell short isn’t clear

Queqiao-2 communication relay satellite arrived 440km above the moon’s surface early on Monday, says CNSA; state media says ‘work is under way to address’ DRO-A/B satellites that failed to reach their designated altitude after March 13 launch.

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Can Chinese scientists solve the mysteries presented by Chang’e 5 moon samples?

Soil samples brought to Earth by Chinese moon mission show unique mineral was likely produced in Aristarchus crater and ejected northward to sample site.

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Researchers in Inner Mongolia work next to the landed Chang’e 5 lunar return capsule carrying moon samples in December 2020. Photo: Reuters

Video | China launches new communications relay satellite

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China launches relay satellite to allow communication with far side of the moon

Queqiao-2 lifted off atop a Long March 8 rocket at 8.31am on Wednesday, along with smaller satellites Tiandu-1 and 2 that will orbit the moon to test and verify navigation and communications technologies.

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Moon miss: Chinese satellites fail to reach planned orbit for lunar test

‘The satellites have not been inserted into their designated orbit, and work is under way to address this problem,’ Chinese state media says.

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A Long March 2C rocket lifted off with satellites DRO-A and B from Xichang Satellite Centre on Wednesday night. Photo: Xinhua
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Surveillance on the moon? China to take its mass camera network to outer space

Chinese aerospace agencies outline how 600 million-camera Skynet inspires system to watch assets at lunar research station and track foreign visitors arriving on and leaving the moon.

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China’s lunar version of Skynet will comprise a large number of security cameras operating in visible light or infrared zones and equipped with AI-driven chips “capable of identifying, locating, tracking and aiming at suspicious targets independently”, says a paper. Photo: AP
Science

Beleaguered Peregrine mission could put US behind China in moon race: expert

It may be a good idea to test out propulsion and lander technologies first in space, author and space policy expert at Arizona State University says.

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United States

Companies to attempt first US moon landings since Apollo missions

Astrobotic and Intuitive Machines are looking to end America’s moon-landing drought and vying for bragging rights as the first private entity to land on the moon.

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China’s military

Removal of China’s defence minister ends Li Shangfu’s stratospheric career

Li, 65, was a stalwart of China’s aerospace programme before appointment as defence minister in March, making global headlines as the country’s first defence minister on a US sanction list.

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General Li Shangfu was last seen in public in late August when he attended a China-Africa security dialogue in Beijing. Photo: EPA-EFE
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Did India land spacecraft near moon’s south pole? Top China scientist says not

Chinese lunar scientist disputes the claim, saying site was within moon’s southern hemisphere but not in the polar region. Others agree, but one notes that landing a rover close the south pole ‘is already a major achievement’.

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The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft prepares for landing on the moon’s surface on August 23. Photo: ISRO via AP
Space

Editorial | No room for weapons in the latest space race

As India joins the elite landings club after Russian woe, more countries will be looking beyond the stars to fuel new and old rivalries.

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Luna-25 crash not expected to break up China-Russia moon base partnership

Robotic probe was the first in a series of Russian missions planned as part of ILRS project but spun out of control and collided with the lunar surface on Saturday.

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