China wants a piece of the moon. Here's how it plans to handle lunar samples.

[Admin]

A glimpse into China's readiness to handle samples from the moon reveals steps to be taken for storage, processing and preparation of the specimens.

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[Lovethrust]

It’s interesting that the sampler will dock with the orbiter before returning to Earth, the Russians did a direct return from the lunar surface. The Chinese are bring back a much heftier sample than the Russians though and/or maybe this is a deliberate way to test the way for a much larger return mission (Mars?).