Robotic drilling for the Chinese Chang'E 5 lunar sample-return mission

Tao Zhang, Yong Pang, Ting Zeng, Guoxin Wang, Shen Yin, Kun Xu, Guidong Mo, Xingwang Zhang, Lusi Wang, Shuai Yang, Zeng Zhao, Junjie Qin, Junshan Gong, Zhongxian Zhao, Xuefeng Tong, Zhongwang Yin, Haiyuan Wang, Fan Zhao, Yanhong Zheng, Xiangjin Deng et al. (6 additional authors not shown)

Abstract: On December 2, 2020, a 2-m class robotic drill onboard the Chinese Chang’E 5 lunar lander successfully penetrated 1 m into the lunar regolith and collected 259.72 g of samples. This paper presents ...