China completes first rendezvous and docking in lunar orbit
China’s Chang’e-5 lunar probe successfully carried out a remote-controlled rendezvous and docking manoeuvre in lunar orbit on Sunday, according to the China National Space Administration. In the first such manoeuvre ever carried out by a Chinese spacecraft, Chang’e-5’s ascender transferred samples collected on the moon to the orbiter-returner combination in lunar orbit. Afterwards, the spacecraft […]