Exhibition celebrates China's space achievements

By Kathy Zhang | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-06-26 10:24
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Lunar soil brought back to the Earth by China's Chang'e 5 spacecraft on display in Hong Kong, June 26, 2021. The sample, sealed in a crystal ball, is part of the 1,731 grams of lunar soil collected by Chang'e 5 spacecraft in 2020. I[Edmond Tang/China Daily]

In her speech, Lam said she believes Hong Kong people have a special affinity for the Chang'e lunar exploration project. It was not because of her name "yuet-ngor", which reminds people of Chang'e, a Chinese goddess of the moon in the folk tale, but the city's participation in the project.

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University designed a system to collect and pack samples on lunar surface for the Chang'e 5 mission in 2020 and also for the upcoming Chang-e 6 mission. It helped the probe of Chang'e 5 mission to collect lunar samples of up to two kilograms and bring them back to the Earth.

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