Design of the Chang’E-5 lunar probe (IMAGE)
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The Chang’e-5 spacecraft comprised of an orbiter and return module (ORM), which remained in the lunar orbit in space, and a lander and ascender module (LAM), which proceeded to land on the lunar surface. The ascender part of the LAM later returned to the ORM with lunar samples.
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Dr. Honghua Zhang, Beijing Institute of Control Engineering
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