02 June 2022
Thomas Smith from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, talks to Ling Xin for "Physics World" about living and working in China and being the 1st foreign national to study Chang’e 5 Moon samples. He also explains how he applied for doing his research on 400 mg of soils as well as two particles – 1 mg and 4.5 mg – as part of the 3rd batch of the CE-5 lunar material. 
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07 June 2022
Mark Hilborne, Defense Studies lecturer at King's College London, is answering questions by DW News. He is assessing which benefits space activities might bring to China and the prospects of Russia-China space cooperation.
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14 June 2022
China's deep-space exploration laboratory has started operation, CNSA said on 14 June. Co-established by CNSA, Anhui Province and the University of Science and Technology of China, the laboratory is headquartered in Hefei, capital of Anhui. Various preparatory work was completed and substantial operation and comprehensive construction has begun. At the end, the laboratory will become a large-scale, national-level comprehensive research base, as well as an innovation hub with global influence. Wu Weiren, Chief Designer of China's lunar exploration programme and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, was selected as the director of the laboratory. The laboratory is expected to carry out science and technology research focusing on major national projects in the field of deep-space exploration.
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17 June 2022
An in-situ detection by the Chang'e 5 lunar probe and the subsequent analysis of its returned samples revealed at least 2 sources of water on the Moon, one brought by solar wind and the other from indigenous sources. It's traditionally proposed that the lunar water was implanted by solar wind or the result of a meteorite or comet impact. Also, minerals like apatite containing indigenous water are believed to be present in small quantities and unevenly distributed on the lunar surface. Scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences found new evidence of water on the lunar surface based on CE-5 in-situ spectra and lab results of returned samples. Their findings revealed that the apatite found at the young mare region where CE-5 landed contained indigenous water in the form of hydroxyl.
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