[HTML][HTML] Chang'e-5 lunar samples shed new light on the Moon

Y Chen, S Hu, JH Li, QL Li, X Li, Y Li… - The Innovation …, 2023 - the-innovation.org
ABSTRACT The Chang'e-5 (CE-5) mission, the first return of lunar samples to Earth since
the Apollo and Luna missions more than 44 years ago, landed on one of the youngest mare …

Lunar Evolution in Light of the Chang'e-5 Returned Samples

FY Wu, QL Li, Y Chen, S Hu, ZY Yue… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
The Chinese spacecraft Chang'e-5 (CE-5) landed on the northern Ocean Procellarum and
returned 1,731 grams of regolith. The CE-5 regolith is composed mostly of fragments of …

Two-billion-year-old volcanism on the Moon from Chang'e-5 basalts

QL Li, Q Zhou, Y Liu, Z **ao, Y Lin, JH Li, HX Ma… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The Moon has a magmatic and thermal history that is distinct from that of the terrestrial
planets. Radioisotope dating of lunar samples suggests that most lunar basaltic magmatism …

A dry lunar mantle reservoir for young mare basalts of Chang'e-5

S Hu, H He, J Ji, Y Lin, H Hui, M Anand, R Tartèse… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The distribution of water in the Moon's interior carries implications for the origin of the Moon,
the crystallization of the lunar magma ocean and the duration of lunar volcanism. The …

Predicting residual friction angle of lunar regolith based on Chang'e-5 lunar samples

J Nie, Y Cui, K Senetakis, D Guo, Y Wang, G Wang… - Science Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
With the rapid development of human lunar exploration projects, the lunar base
establishment and resource utilization are on the way, and hence it is urgent and significant …

A solar wind-derived water reservoir on the Moon hosted by impact glass beads

H He, J Ji, Y Zhang, S Hu, Y Lin, H Hui, J Hao, R Li… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The past two decades of lunar exploration have seen the detection of substantial quantities
of water on the Moon's surface. It has been proposed that a hydrated layer exists at depth in …

Additive manufacturing of high solid content lunar regolith simulant paste based on vat photopolymerization and the effect of water addition on paste retention …

C **ao, K Zheng, S Chen, N Li, X Shang, F Wang… - Additive …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, the Moon, as the only satellite of the Earth, has once again become the
primary destination for exploration by countries around the world. However, considering the …

Chang'E-5 samples reveal high water content in lunar minerals

C Zhou, H Tang, X Li, X Zeng, B Mo, W Yu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The formation and distribution of lunar surficial water remains ambiguous. Here, we show
the prominence of water (OH/H2O) attributed to solar wind implantation on the uppermost …

[HTML][HTML] Bulk compositions of the Chang'E-5 lunar soil: Insights into chemical homogeneity, exotic addition, and origin of landing site basalts

K Zong, Z Wang, J Li, Q He, Y Li, H Becker… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
Lunar soil is a fine mixture of local rocks and exotic components. The bulk-rock chemical
composition of the newly returned Chang'E-5 (CE-5) lunar soil was studied to understand its …

Constraining the formation and transport of lunar impact glasses using the ages and chemical compositions of Chang'e-5 glass beads

T Long, Y Qian, MD Norman, K Miljkovic, C Crow… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Impact glasses found in lunar soils provide a possible window into the impact history of the
inner solar system. However, their use for precise reconstruction of this history is limited by …