Author Archives: Yuqi Qian

On July 31, 2023, I successfully collected Chang’e-5 lunar soil samples from National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing. The next day, I brought them back to the University of Hong Kong. This is the first time that China’s lunar samples are allocated to a scientist team from Hong Kong. The University ofContinue reading “Chang’e-5 Lunar Samples Come to Hong Kong for the First Time”

My application for Chang’e-5 lunar samples was approved by China National Space Administration on June 26, 2023. They represent the first samples that the Chinese government gave to a research team from Hong Kong. This news was reported by Ta Kung Pao as the headline news and Wen Wei Po.

I attended the 1st International Deep Space Exploration Conference (Tiandu Forum) between April 22-28, 2023 in Hefei and gave a talk on “Young Volcanism in the Procellarum KREEP Terrane on the Moon”.

I was awarded Li Siguang Outstanding Student Award on April 22, 2023 (The International Earth Day), the highest award that can be given to a student majoring in geoscience in China.

I attended the 5th Young Scientist Forum of Planetary Science between March 25-29, 2023, and gave a talk entitled “Volcanic History in the Chang’e-5 Landing Region”.

I attended the 1st Chang’e-5 Sample Science Conference on Jan 16, 2023, and gave a talk on young volcanism in Procellarum KREEP Terrane.

I left China University of Geoscience (Wuhan) on Dec. 26th, 2022, with a doctorate degree of planetary geology. In the coming years, I will continue to explore our Solar System as a young researcher and participate China’s lunar and planetary missions in another role.

I have successfully defended my doctoral degree thesis (Young Volcanism in the Procellarum KREEP Terrane on the Moon) and became Dr. Qian since Nov. 15, 2022. Thanks for the supervisions from my advisors Dr. Long Xiao, Dr. Jim Head, and the help given to me from all my colleagues from China University of Geosciences andContinue reading “Doctoral Thesis Defense”

Our work studying the impact beads from the Chang’e-5 lunar soils has been published in Science Advances on Sept. 28, 2022. We proved that there are at least 17 age groups of the impact beads from the Chang’e-5 lunar soils. They hide the secrets of the inner solar system dynamic history, including the impact killedContinue reading “Evidence of dinosaur-killing asteroid impact found on the moon”

My research of the Chang’e-5 landing site was reported by Popular Science. Here are the story: https://www.popsci.com/space/first-new-moon-rocks-in-50-years/************************************************************** The first delivery of lunar rocks and soil since the Cold War is already showing traces of intense surface conditions in the moon’s ancient past. The Chinese National Space Administration’s Chang’e 5 lander touched down on the moonContinue reading “Scientists have new moon rocks for the first time in nearly 50 years”