China abruptly postpones ambitious Chang'e-7 lunar mission launch

China said on Sunday it was postponing its planned ambitious Chang'e-7 lunar mission, which was set to carry out explorations including searching for water ice on the moon.

The top 3

  1. Countries with Successful Soft Landings: The Soviet Union (now Russia), the United States, China, India, and Japan are the five nations that have successfully performed robotic soft landings on the lunar surface.
  2. Nations with Lunar Sample Return Missions: Only three countries have successfully returned lunar samples to Earth: the Soviet Union with robotic Luna missions, the United States with its crewed Apollo missions, and China with its Chang'e 5 and Chang'e 6 missions, including the first samples from the far side of the Moon.
  3. Countries with Successful Rover Deployments: Five nations have successfully deployed rovers on the lunar surface: the Soviet Union (Lunokhod 1 and 2), the United States (Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle), China (Yutu and Yutu-2), India (Pragyan), and Japan (LEV-1 and LEV-2).

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