When the ascender enters lunar orbit it will start docking with the orbiter-returner combination. Meanwhile, the samples collected on the moon will be transferred into the returner. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
When the orbiter-returner combination is separated from the docking module, it will carry out a mid-course correction to ready it for the return to Earth. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
After several mid-course corrections, the orbiter-returner combination of Chang'e-5, carrying the lunar samples, will separate about 5,000 kilometers from the Earth. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
After the separation, the orbiter will start an evasive maneuver and the returner will descend through the atmosphere and land at the selected point. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
(Executive editor: Wang Ruoting)
