Global Scientists Applaud China’s Chang’e-6 Moon Mission

After China's Chang'e-6 touched down on the far side of the moon on Sunday morning to collect samples, foreign scientists participating in the mission expressed their excitement and gratitude to China.

The Chang'e-6 mission carried four payloads developed through international cooperation, providing more opportunities for global scientists and merging human expertise in space exploration.

The payloads included the DORN (Detection of Outgassing Radon) from the French Space Agency, NILS (The Negative Ions at the Lunar Surface) from the European Space Agency, and a retroreflector from Italy. These three instruments will carry out exploratory scientific tasks on the far side of the moon.

The DORN will be used to study how radon, a noble gas, escapes from the lunar regolith, and how this radioactive gas and other forms of matter like water are transported in the moon's exosphere. The NILS will measure solar winds that reflect from the lunar surface upon reaching the moon, while the laser retroreflector mainly aims to measure the distance between Earth and the moon.

The probe also carried a cube satellite from Pakistan known as ICUBE-Q, which separated from the Chang'e-6 orbiter on May 8 to carry out exploration activities, such as capturing images of the moon.

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Foreign scientists thank China for role in Chang'e-6 lunar mission

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