THE POWER OF ORIGINAL THINKING FOR CHANGE
Soon, you will be able to check out lunar soil in Beijing. The National Museum of China announced that it would exhibit the lunar samples brought back in December 2020 by the Chang’e-5 lunar probe. Preserved in a delicate container made of artificial crystal, the samples have already arrived at the museum. These are not just China’s first samples from Moon but also the world’s freshest lunar samples in over four decades.
Pei Zhaoyu, Deputy Director of the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of China National Space Aviation, said the mission laid a foundation for future manned lunar and deep space exploration. Of all the samples brought back, some will be exhibited and some used for research.
In January, the lunar mission was listed as one of the top 10 news stories of scientific
