Lander

Chang'e-5 lander + ascender

CNSA / CAST

CNSA/CAST Chang'e-5 lunar sample return stack is lander, ascender, orbiter, return capsule (~1.7 kg samples).

Spec

About 1.7 kg returned samples.

Chang'e-5 is the CNSA and CAST lunar sample return stack: lander, ascender, orbiter, and return capsule. CAST designed the four module stack of orbiter and service module, lander, ascender, and returner for CNSA.

Mission brief

The stack returned lunar samples of about 1.7 kg.

Schematic

The lander and ascender are this page. The PolyU surface sampling instrument is the sampling job edged on the stack.

Companies

Flights

Chang'e-52020-11-23 · CNSA national lunar sample-return (near side).

Jobs

Sources