Chang'e 5 makes 1st moon-Earth transfer injection maneuver to return home

Beijing (XNA) Dec 13, 2020

The orbiter-reentry capsule combination of China's Chang'e 5 robotic probe carried out its first moon-Earth transfer injection maneuver on Saturday morning, placing itself in an elliptical lunar orbit, according to China National Space Administration. The combination had been traveling in a near-circular lunar orbit for nearly six days before conducting the maneuver, which is intended to e