China's Chang'e-5 orbiter embarks on new mission to gravitationally stable spot at L1

Beijing (Sputnik) Dec 22, 2020

Having finished its primary mission, the part of China's Chang'e-5 spacecraft that remained in space has departed for a new mission: exploring an unusual area of space known as a Lagrangian point. On December 16, the orbiter vehicle performed the final task of its primary mission when it dropped off the capsule carrying samples from the lunar surface. The capsule plunged back to Earth, bei