China's National Flag On The Moon

 This post is taken from IZULAT blog repost here

Recently China has made history in lunar exploration wherein it is the second nation to put national flag on the moon after the US as the first nation to put national flag on the moon on 1969 Apollo mission. The flag was unfurled and planted by China Chang’e-5 lunar lander vehicle before it takes off from the moon and gather soil and rock samples to be deliver to the earth.

 

“The fabric flag was unfurled by the Chang'e-5 lander vehicle just before its ascender vehicle took off using the lander as a launchpad….. The Chinese flag is 2m wide and 90cm tall and weighs about a kilogram. All parts of the flag have been given features such as protection against cold temperatures, project leader Li Yunfeng told the Global Times. "An ordinary national flag on Earth would not survive the severe lunar environment," project developer Cheng Chang said.”(BBC)

 

“China's lunar probe Chang'e-5 is on its way back to Earth after a brief visit to the moon Thursday. The craft collected soil and rock samples over the course of about 19 hours and then left the lunar surface.

The samples are expected to land on Earth around the middle of the month. Before it left, the spacecraft planted a flag there — making China only the second country to leave its national banner on the moon. China hadn't deployed one in two previous landings.”((NPR)

“Right before the lift-off of Chang'e-5's ascender from lunar surface, the lander vehicle of the Chinese spacecraft unfolded the five-star red national flag, a genuine one made from fabrics, marking a first in the country's aerospace history.”(Global Times)

Chang’e-5 is an unmanned mission according to the news.

The main point : China have successfully put its national flag on the moon from its latest moon exploration Chang’e-5 being the second to do it after the US first do it on their moon exploration then.

 

China's National Flag on the Moon (image from Global Times)