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Long March 5 | Chang'e 5
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Mission brief
The flight at a glance.
Chang'e 5 is China's robotic lunar sample return mission, which is set to bring back at least 2 kg of lunar soils and rock samples. The probe will perform a soft landing on the Moon, then rendezvous and dock with the return module in lunar orbit and fly back to Earth.
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Planned timings relative to the target. These steps do not indicate live progress.
A flight sequence has not been published for this mission.