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China-Lunar Exploration/Plans/Station
FILE: Beijing, China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Animations of Chang'e-5 retrieving lunar samples
2. Animations of Chang'e-5 orbiter
Beijing, China - Nov 24, 2022 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Wu Weiren, chief designer of China's lunar program (ending with shot 4):
"The Chang'e-6 will be tasked to pick up samples from the far side the moon and ship them to the Earth. If it succeeds, it will be the first time that humans have accomplished a collection of soil samples from the far side of the moon. We all know that the Chang'e-5 retrieved and came back with 1.7 kilograms of lunar soils. We hope that the Chang'e-6 will pick up even more than that amount from the far side of the moon."
FILE: Beijing, China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
4. Animations of Chang'e lunar missions
5. Photo of lunar surface
Beijing, China - Nov 24, 2022 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
6. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Wu Weiren, chief designer of China's lunar program (partially overlaid with shots 7-9):
"There are some very deep craters on the south pole of the moon, and they are believed to have formed the moment when the moon came into being naturally. It is our conjecture that there could be water in those craters which are shielded from sunlight all year long. Any exposure to sunlight will cause the water to evaporate. However, without sunlight all year around, that water could exist in the form of ice. We hope that the Chang'e-7 will use its hopping detector to investigate one or two of those craters and find out whether there is any water inside."
++SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
FILE: Beijing, China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
7. Animations of rugged lunar surface
8. Photo of moon
9. Animations of rugged lunar surface
++SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
10. Animations of Chang'e lunar missions
Beijing, China - Nov 24, 2022 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
11. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Wu Weiren, chief designer of China's lunar program (starting with shot 10/ending with shot 13):
"There will be orbiters, landers, rovers, hopping detectors and a number of other scientific instruments. In addition to searching for water, they will also be used to explore what the moon's south pole is like, including its topography, environment and material composition. This will be the important tasks for the preliminary structure of the lunar research station."
FILE: Beijing, China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
12. Photos of moon
Beijing, China - Nov 24, 2022 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
13. Picture of international lunar research station
14. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Wu Weiren, chief designer of China's lunar program (starting with shot 13):
"We prepare to work with other countries to build the international lunar research station and appeal to them to join hands with us in conducting the designing and surveying and the subsequent scientific data sharing. In the meantime, we hope to jointly manage the station. We hope to finish building the international lunar research station by 2035 and we also hope it will grow to be a mega science project of our country."
FILE: Beijing, China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
15. Animations of Chang'e orbiter, moon
Beijing, China - Nov 24, 2022 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
16. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Wu Weiren, chief designer of China's lunar program:
"We hope to have an integrated constellation for the receiving, transmission, remote-sensing and navigation of data relay signals in order to effectively manage some of the lunar resources like the spacecraft and landers. Looking forward still, we could even manage resources after a Mars rover makes its landing."
FILE: Beijing, China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
17. Animations of Mars orbiter
The chief designer of China's lunar program has outlined the country's deep space exploration plans for the coming decade and more, including retrieving samples from the far side of the moon and shipping them to the Earth, exploring the moon's south pole to search for water, as well as building an international lunar research station and a moon-based communications network.
The China National Space Administration (CNSA) on Thursday released plans for the country's phase-4 lunar probe missions, consisting of the Chang'e-6 mission, the Chang'e-7 mission and the Chang'e-8 mission, which will be carried out successively in the next 10 years. The projects include the retrieval of lunar samples from the far side of the moon by the Chang'e-6, a detailed survey of the moon's south pole resources by the Chang'e-7, and the testing of key technologies in preparation for the construction of the lunar research station by the Chang'e-8.
Speaking in an interview with China Central Television, chief designer Wu Weiren introduced the tasks which will be undertaken by the three unmanned lunar probes in the coming decade.
"The Chang'e-6 will be tasked to pick up samples from the far side the moon and ship them to the Earth. If it succeeds, it will be the first time that humans have accomplished a collection of soil samples from the far side of the moon. We all know that the Chang'e-5 retrieved and came back with 1.7 kilograms of lunar soils. We hope that the Chang'e-6 will pick up even more than that amount from the far side of the moon," Wu said.
Launch of the Chang'e-6 is currently expected around 2025, according to CNSA.
According to Wu, the Chang'e-7, a multi-spacecraft mission involving an orbiter, a lander, a rover and a hopping detector which is currently being developed, is subsequently expected to be launched in late 2026 to analyze the landscape, material composition and environment of the moon's south pole region and hunt for traces of water there.
"There are some very deep craters on the south pole of the moon, and they are believed to have formed the moment when the moon came into being naturally. It is our conjecture that there could be water in those craters which are shielded from sunlight all year long. Any exposure to sunlight will cause the water to evaporate. However, without sunlight all year around, that water could exist in the form of ice. We hope that the Chang'e-7 will use its hopping detector to investigate one or two of those craters and find out whether there is any water inside," Wu said.
Wu further said if the Chang'e-8 is successfully launched around 2028, the Chang'e-7 and the Chang'e-8 will then form a stepping stone towards a research station on the south pole of the moon.
"There will be orbiters, landers, rovers, hopping detectors and a number of other scientific instruments. In addition to searching for water, they will also be used to explore what the moon's south pole is like, including its topography, environment and material composition. This will be the important tasks for the preliminary structure of the lunar research station," said the chief designer.
Wu said China will actively seek collaboration with other countries to join the endeavor of building the international lunar research station.
"We prepare to work with other countries to build the international lunar research station and appeal to them to join hands with us in conducting the designing and surveying and the subsequent scientific data sharing. In the meantime, we hope to jointly manage the station. We hope to finish building the international lunar research station by 2035 and we also hope it will grow to be a mega science project of our country," Wu said.
Additionally, China plans to set up a lunar communications and navigation constellation incrementally, providing increasing capabilities as its lunar plans progress, he said.
"We hope to have an integrated constellation for the receiving, transmission, remote-sensing and navigation of data relay signals in order to effectively manage some of the lunar resources like the spacecraft and landers. Looking forward still, we could even manage resources after a Mars rover makes its landing," Wu said.
China launched four lunar missions between 2007 and 2019 under the country's lunar exploration program, known as the Chang'e Project named after the Chinese moon goddess.
China's first lunar probe, the Chang'e-1, was launched in October 2007. It was a lunar-orbiting spacecraft that worked 200 kilometers above the moon. Gathering a huge amount of data, it marked the first step of China's ambitious three-step moon exploration program.
The Chang'e-2 probe, which was launched in 2010, traveled more than 100 million kilometers from the Earth, setting a record for the longest flight by a Chinese spacecraft.
In 2013, the Chang'e-3 became China's first spacecraft to soft-land on the moon and the Yutu rover drove on the moon.
In 2018, the Chang'e-4 landed on the far side of the moon, the first spacecraft to do so.
The Chang'e-5 probe landed on the Earth and carried 1,731 grams of moon soil samples to the Earth in 2020, marking the completion of China's first attempt to retrieve and ship samples from the moon.
China-Lunar Exploration/Plans/Station
Dateline : Nov 24, 2022/File
Location : China
Duration : 2'52
FILE: Beijing, China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Animations of Chang'e-5 retrieving lunar samples
2. Animations of Chang'e-5 orbiter
Beijing, China - Nov 24, 2022 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Wu Weiren, chief designer of China's lunar program (ending with shot 4):
"The Chang'e-6 will be tasked to pick up samples from the far side the moon and ship them to the Earth. If it succeeds, it will be the first time that humans have accomplished a collection of soil samples from the far side of the moon. We all know that the Chang'e-5 retrieved and came back with 1.7 kilograms of lunar soils. We hope that the Chang'e-6 will pick up even more than that amount from the far side of the moon."
FILE: Beijing, China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
4. Animations of Chang'e lunar missions
5. Photo of lunar surface
Beijing, China - Nov 24, 2022 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
6. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Wu Weiren, chief designer of China's lunar program (partially overlaid with shots 7-9):
"There are some very deep craters on the south pole of the moon, and they are believed to have formed the moment when the moon came into being naturally. It is our conjecture that there could be water in those craters which are shielded from sunlight all year long. Any exposure to sunlight will cause the water to evaporate. However, without sunlight all year around, that water could exist in the form of ice. We hope that the Chang'e-7 will use its hopping detector to investigate one or two of those craters and find out whether there is any water inside."
++SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
FILE: Beijing, China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
7. Animations of rugged lunar surface
8. Photo of moon
9. Animations of rugged lunar surface
++SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
10. Animations of Chang'e lunar missions
Beijing, China - Nov 24, 2022 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
11. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Wu Weiren, chief designer of China's lunar program (starting with shot 10/ending with shot 13):
"There will be orbiters, landers, rovers, hopping detectors and a number of other scientific instruments. In addition to searching for water, they will also be used to explore what the moon's south pole is like, including its topography, environment and material composition. This will be the important tasks for the preliminary structure of the lunar research station."
FILE: Beijing, China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
12. Photos of moon
Beijing, China - Nov 24, 2022 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
13. Picture of international lunar research station
14. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Wu Weiren, chief designer of China's lunar program (starting with shot 13):
"We prepare to work with other countries to build the international lunar research station and appeal to them to join hands with us in conducting the designing and surveying and the subsequent scientific data sharing. In the meantime, we hope to jointly manage the station. We hope to finish building the international lunar research station by 2035 and we also hope it will grow to be a mega science project of our country."
FILE: Beijing, China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
15. Animations of Chang'e orbiter, moon
Beijing, China - Nov 24, 2022 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
16. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Wu Weiren, chief designer of China's lunar program:
"We hope to have an integrated constellation for the receiving, transmission, remote-sensing and navigation of data relay signals in order to effectively manage some of the lunar resources like the spacecraft and landers. Looking forward still, we could even manage resources after a Mars rover makes its landing."
FILE: Beijing, China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
17. Animations of Mars orbiter
The chief designer of China's lunar program has outlined the country's deep space exploration plans for the coming decade and more, including retrieving samples from the far side of the moon and shipping them to the Earth, exploring the moon's south pole to search for water, as well as building an international lunar research station and a moon-based communications network.
The China National Space Administration (CNSA) on Thursday released plans for the country's phase-4 lunar probe missions, consisting of the Chang'e-6 mission, the Chang'e-7 mission and the Chang'e-8 mission, which will be carried out successively in the next 10 years. The projects include the retrieval of lunar samples from the far side of the moon by the Chang'e-6, a detailed survey of the moon's south pole resources by the Chang'e-7, and the testing of key technologies in preparation for the construction of the lunar research station by the Chang'e-8.
Speaking in an interview with China Central Television, chief designer Wu Weiren introduced the tasks which will be undertaken by the three unmanned lunar probes in the coming decade.
"The Chang'e-6 will be tasked to pick up samples from the far side the moon and ship them to the Earth. If it succeeds, it will be the first time that humans have accomplished a collection of soil samples from the far side of the moon. We all know that the Chang'e-5 retrieved and came back with 1.7 kilograms of lunar soils. We hope that the Chang'e-6 will pick up even more than that amount from the far side of the moon," Wu said.
Launch of the Chang'e-6 is currently expected around 2025, according to CNSA.
According to Wu, the Chang'e-7, a multi-spacecraft mission involving an orbiter, a lander, a rover and a hopping detector which is currently being developed, is subsequently expected to be launched in late 2026 to analyze the landscape, material composition and environment of the moon's south pole region and hunt for traces of water there.
"There are some very deep craters on the south pole of the moon, and they are believed to have formed the moment when the moon came into being naturally. It is our conjecture that there could be water in those craters which are shielded from sunlight all year long. Any exposure to sunlight will cause the water to evaporate. However, without sunlight all year around, that water could exist in the form of ice. We hope that the Chang'e-7 will use its hopping detector to investigate one or two of those craters and find out whether there is any water inside," Wu said.
Wu further said if the Chang'e-8 is successfully launched around 2028, the Chang'e-7 and the Chang'e-8 will then form a stepping stone towards a research station on the south pole of the moon.
"There will be orbiters, landers, rovers, hopping detectors and a number of other scientific instruments. In addition to searching for water, they will also be used to explore what the moon's south pole is like, including its topography, environment and material composition. This will be the important tasks for the preliminary structure of the lunar research station," said the chief designer.
Wu said China will actively seek collaboration with other countries to join the endeavor of building the international lunar research station.
"We prepare to work with other countries to build the international lunar research station and appeal to them to join hands with us in conducting the designing and surveying and the subsequent scientific data sharing. In the meantime, we hope to jointly manage the station. We hope to finish building the international lunar research station by 2035 and we also hope it will grow to be a mega science project of our country," Wu said.
Additionally, China plans to set up a lunar communications and navigation constellation incrementally, providing increasing capabilities as its lunar plans progress, he said.
"We hope to have an integrated constellation for the receiving, transmission, remote-sensing and navigation of data relay signals in order to effectively manage some of the lunar resources like the spacecraft and landers. Looking forward still, we could even manage resources after a Mars rover makes its landing," Wu said.
China launched four lunar missions between 2007 and 2019 under the country's lunar exploration program, known as the Chang'e Project named after the Chinese moon goddess.
China's first lunar probe, the Chang'e-1, was launched in October 2007. It was a lunar-orbiting spacecraft that worked 200 kilometers above the moon. Gathering a huge amount of data, it marked the first step of China's ambitious three-step moon exploration program.
The Chang'e-2 probe, which was launched in 2010, traveled more than 100 million kilometers from the Earth, setting a record for the longest flight by a Chinese spacecraft.
In 2013, the Chang'e-3 became China's first spacecraft to soft-land on the moon and the Yutu rover drove on the moon.
In 2018, the Chang'e-4 landed on the far side of the moon, the first spacecraft to do so.
The Chang'e-5 probe landed on the Earth and carried 1,731 grams of moon soil samples to the Earth in 2020, marking the completion of China's first attempt to retrieve and ship samples from the moon.
ID : 8301281
Published : 2022-11-24 22:30
Last Modified : 2022-11-25 19:36:45
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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