Even Kazakhstan has gotten to the moon and I’m pretty sure they don’t even have gravity there.
Via NY Post:
More than a half-century after US astronauts first planted the Stars and Stripes on the moon, China replicated the feat — though unmanned — by unfurling its red flag on the lunar surface.
Chang’e 5’s ascent vehicle lifted off Thursday night with a load of lunar rocks, the first stage of its return to Earth, the government space agency reported.
The probe touched down Tuesday on the Sea of Storms for a mission to collect about 4 pounds of rocks and bring them back to Earth, the first return of samples since a Soviet spacecraft did so in 1976.
The lander, which remained on the moon, drilled about 6 feet into the surface and scooped samples — as well as photographed the area and used ground-penetrating radar to check for minerals and water.
Shortly after 11 p.m. Beijing time, the vehicle lifted off for a rendezvous with a return craft in lunar orbit for the journey back to Earth, space agency officials said.
But the highlight before leaving the surface was what the space administration called the first real Chinese flag on the moon — a five-star, red banner made from fabric, according to the Global Times of China.