The Chang'e project is divided into three stages: unmanned lunar exploration, manned lunar landing and the establishment of a lunar base. At present, China is still in the stage of "unmanned lunar exploration".
Chang'e project is a lunar exploration experiment launched by China's National Space Administration. It was launched on March 1, 2004. It is China's first lunar exploration project. The main task of the project is to obtain three-dimensional images of the lunar surface, analyze the distribution characteristics of useful element content and material types on the lunar surface, detect the characteristics of lunar soil, and detect the Earth Moon space environment.
At 18:05 on October 24, 2007, "Chang'e-1" was successfully launched. After successfully completing various missions, it was controlled to hit the moon as scheduled in 2009. At 18:57:57 on October 1, 2010, "Chang'e-2" was successfully launched, and various established tasks have been successfully and exceeded.
On September 19, 2012, Ouyang Ziyuan, chief scientist of the lunar exploration project, said that the lunar exploration project had completed the lunar surface survey tasks of chang'e-3 satellite and Yutu lunar rover. Chang'e-4 is the backup star of chang'e-3. The main scientific objectives of Chang'e V include on-site investigation and analysis of the land area, as well as analysis and research of lunar samples after returning to earth. The Chinese lunar exploration project has made new contributions to the peaceful use of the moon by mankind.
At 4:30 on November 24, 2020, China successfully launched the chang'e-5 probe of the lunar exploration project with the long March-5 carrier rocket at the Wenchang space launch site in China. After about 2200 seconds of flight, the rocket successfully put the probe into the predetermined orbit and started China's first return trip of extraterrestrial object sampling. On December 1, the chang'e-5 probe successfully landed in the preselected landing area on the front of the moon.
On December 17, 2020, the chang'e-5 returner carried the lunar sample, re entered and returned by means of semi ballistic jump, and landed safely in the predetermined area of Siziwang Banner, Inner Mongolia. （ChangEGongChengFenWeiNaSanGeJieDuan）