China Hunts for Lunar Ice in One of Solar System's Coldest Places

China hunts for lunar ice in one of solar system's coldest places

BEIJING: China is poised to launch Chang'e-7, its most technologically complex lunar mission to date, in its search for frozen stores of water in permanently shadowed craters near the moon's south pole.The uncrewed mission, named after a mythical Chinese goddess of the moon, will feature the deployment of a r

China's Chang'e 7 moon probe will launch this weekend on the most ambitious lunar mission in history

China's moon exploration program is readying an ambitious robotic mission, one composed of an orbiter, a lander, a rover, a hopper, and a wide range of international experiments including a U.S.-supported payload. In April of this year, Chang'e-7 hardware was transported to the Wenchang launch site, targeting an Aug. 24 (Beijing time) launch atop a Long March 5 Y14 rocket. The lander's destination is the edge of Shackleton Crater in the lunar so…

China’s Chang’e 7 moonshot will seek water ice at the lunar south pole

The country’s latest mission, Chang’e 7, will be the first ever to land directly at the moon’s south pole. Whatever it finds there could radically reshape a new space race

China hunts for lunar ice in one of solar system’s coldest places

By Ethan Wang, Shi Bu and Ryan Woo BEIJING, Aug 21 (Reuters) - China is poised to launch Chang'e-7, its most technologically complex lunar mission to date, in its search for frozen stores of water in permanently shadowed craters near the moon's south p...