China's chang'e-5 probe combination has been successfully separated and a soft landing on the lunar surface will be carried out

According to the people's daily of China, the flight control team of the chang'e-5 mission has successfully carried out the separation of the lander and the ascent combination of the chang'e-5 probe with the orbiter and reentry vehicle as planned.

At 4:40 am today, under the precise control of scientific and technological personnel, the chang'e-5 probe assembly was successfully separated.

It is reported that the systems of chang'e-5 probe are in good condition, and the ground TT & C communication is normal. The orbiter and the reentrant combination will continue to fly in the lunar orbit with an average height of about 200 km and wait for the rendezvous and docking of the ascender. The lander and the ascent combination will select an aircraft to implement the lunar soft landing and carry out the follow-up work such as automatic sampling.

The landing site will be a storm ocean in the northwest of the moon. Storm ocean is the largest moon sea on the moon, where human probes have never been before. The storm ocean is a younger region with an age of 3.2 billion to 4 billion years, compared with the quiet sea and the rich sea where human beings have obtained lunar samples.