As the first Hong Kong team to study lunar soil, the University of Hong Kong team received samples of lunar soil from Chang'e-5, including Earth, Moon, and lunar soil
According to Hong Kong media reports, a team of geologists from the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Hong Kong has recently obtained lunar soil samples collected by the Chang'e-5 mission in 2020 through review by the Lunar Sample Management Office of the Center for Lunar Exploration and Space Engineering of the National Space Administration, becoming the first Hong Kong team to study lunar soil.
This study was led by Qian Yuqi, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Hong Kong. Qian Yuqi said today that he brought back a lunar sample weighing 822.6 milligrams from the Beijing National Astronomical Observatory, which will help study the geology and "thermal evolution" history of the moon, as well as its relationship with the formation and evolution of planets in the solar system. He said that obtaining samples this time is a "dream come true" for the Hong Kong space science community, hoping to gain a deeper understanding of the moon, Earth, and solar system in the future.
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