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Qian, Y., She, Z., He, Q., Xiao, L., Wang, Z., Head, J.W., Sun, L., Wang, Y., Wu, B., Wu, X., Luo, B., Cao, K., Li, Y., Dong, M., Song, W., Pan, F., Michalski, J., Ye, B., Zhao, Jiawei, Zhao, S., Huang, J., Zhao, Jiannan, Wang, J., Zong, K., Hu, Z., 2023. Mineralogy and chronology of the young mare volcanism in the Procellarum-KREEP-Terrane. Nature Astronomy 7, 287–297. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-022-01862-1 (Download PDF)
Long, T.†, Qian, Y.†, Norman, M.D.†, Miljkovic, K.†, Crow, C., Head, J.W., Che, X., Tartèse, R., Zellner, N., Yu, X., Xie, S., Whitehouse, M., Joy, K.H., Neal, C.R., Snape, J.F., Zhou, G., Liu, S., Yang, C., Yang, Z., Wang, C., Xiao, L., Liu, D., Nemchin, A., 2022. Constraining the formation and transport of lunar impact glasses using the ages and chemical compositions of Chang’e-5 glass beads. Science Advances 8, eabq2542. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abq2542 (Download PDF)
Wang, C., Qian, Y., Wang, J., Liu, L., Zhang, L., Chen, Z., Chen, J., Zhu, G., Tu, X., Cui, Z., Yang, Q., Zhang, Y.-Q., He, P., Cao, Y., Xian, H., Head, J.W., Xu, Y.-G., 2025. The source and thermal driver of young (<3.0 Ga) lunar volcanism. Science Advances 11, eadv9085. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adv9085 (Download PDF)
Luo, B., Wang, Z., Song, J., Qian, Y., He, Q., Li, Y., Head, J.W., Moynier, F., Xiao, L., Becker, H., Huang, B., Ruan, B., Hu, Y., Pan, F., Xu, C., Liu, W., Zong, K., Zhao, J., Zhang, W., Hu, Z., She, Z., Wu, X., Zhang, H., 2023. The magmatic architecture and evolution of the Chang’e-5 lunar basalts. Nature Geoscience 16, 301–308. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-023-01146-x (Download PDF)
Cui, Z., Yang, Q., Zhang, Y.-Q., Wang, C., Xian, H., Chen, Z., Xiao, Z., Qian, Y., Head, J.W., Neal, C.R., Xiao, L., Luo, F., Chen, J., He, P., Cao, Y., Zhou, Q., Huang, F., Chen, L., Wei, B., Wang, J., Yang, Y.-N., Li, S., Yang, Y., Lin, X., Zhu, J., Zhang, L., Xu, Y.-G., 2024. A sample of the Moon’s far side retrieved by Chang’e-6 contains 2.83-billion-year-old basalt. Science 386, 1395–1399. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adt1093 (Download PDF)
Chen, Y. †, Hu, S. †, Li, J. †, Li, Q. †, Li, X. †, Li, Y. †, Liu, Y. †, Qian, Y. †, Yang, W. †, Zhou, Q. †, Lin, Y., Li, C., & Li, X., 2023. Chang’e-5 lunar samples shed new light on the Moon. The Innovation Geoscience 1(1), 100014. https://doi.org/10.59717/j.xinn-geo.2023.100014 (Download PDF)

Chang’e-6 Mission (World’s first lunar farside sample return mission)

Qian, Y., Head, J., Michalski, J., Gong, S., Yang, W., Wang, Z., Xiao, L., Li, X., Zhao, G., 2024. Extensive Intrusive Magmatism in the Lunar Farside Apollo and South Pole–Aitken Basins, Chang’e-6 Landing Site. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 971, L39. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ad698f (Download PDF)
Qian, Y., Head, J., Michalski, J., Wang, X., van der Bogert, C.H., Hiesinger, H., Sun, L., Yang, W., Xiao, L., Li, X., Zhao, G., 2024. Long-lasting farside volcanism in the Apollo basin: Chang’e-6 landing site. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 637, 118737. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2024.118737 (Download PDF)
Tian, M., Yang, Y., Qian, Y.*, Xu, K.*, Wang, M., Sun, L., Head, J., Zhao, G.*, 2026. Rocket Exhaust Derived Surface Water Migration at Lunar Landing Sites. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 131, e2025JE009582. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JE009582 (Download PDF)
Guo, Z., Song, D., Song, W., Li, C., Pang, R., Qian, Y., Huang, K., Li, Y., Zhao, G., 2026. Impact-induced high-temperature formation of metallic copper and bornite in Chang’e-6 lunar soils. npj Space Exploration 2, 13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44453-026-00027-y (Download PDF)
Xue, S., Song, W., Guo, Z., Qian, Y., Huang, K., Zhang, C., Liu, Q., Wang, X., Qiao, L., Chen, Q., Zhang, D., Chen, L., Yuan, H., Zhao, G., 2025. Mineralogy and provenance of the Chang’e-6 shoveled lunar samples. Lithos 516–517, 108265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2025.108265 (Download PDF)
Chen, J., Zhang, L., Cui, Z., Chen, Z., Xiao, Z., Luo, F., Qian, Y., Zhang, Y.-Q., Wang, C., Wang, J., Yang, Q., He, P., Chen, L., Huang, F., Xian, H., Joy, K.H., Head, J.W., Neal, C.R., Xu, Y.-G., 2025. KREEP-like lithologies in the South Pole–Aitken basin reworked by the Apollo basin impact at 4.16 Ga. Nature Astronomy 9, 1638–1647. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-025-02640-5 (Download PDF)
Gao, A., Xiao, L., Wueller, L., Iqbal, W., Zhao, S., Wang, J., van der Bogert, C.H., Qian, Y., Pang, Y., Hiesinger, H., 2025. Geological Background of the Chang’e 6 Landing Site and the Provenance of Returned Samples. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 130, e2024JE008658. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JE008658 (Download PDF)
Yang, W., He, Y., Qian, Y., Yue, Z., 2024. Scientists eager for Chang’e-6 lunar farside samples to bring new discoveries. The Innovation 5, 100660. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100660 (Download PDF)
Wang, X., Head, J.W., Chen, Y., Zhao, F., Kreslavsky, M.A., Wilson, L., Qian, Y., Liu, J., Li, C., 2024. Lunar Farside South Pole-Aitken Basin Interior: Evidence for More Extensive Central Cryptomaria in the South Pole-Aitken Compositional Anomaly (SPACA). Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 129, e2023JE008176. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JE008176 (Download PDF)

Chang’e-5 Mission (China’s first lunar sample return mission)

Qian, Y., Xiao, L., Zhao, J., Head, J. W., He, Q., Xu, H., Wang, F., Zhang, X., Ping, X., Zeng, W., Wang, X., Michalski, J., Liu, J., Ye, B., Wang, M., Sun, L., Pang, Y., Wang, J., Zhao, S., 2024. First magnetic and spectroscopic constraints on attenuated space weathering at the Chang’e-5 landing site. Icarus 410, 115892. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115892 (Download PDF)
Qian, Y., Xiao, L., Wang, Q., Head, J. W., Yang, R., Kang, Y., van der Bogert, C. H., Hiesinger, H., Lai, X., Wang, G., Pang, Y., Zhang, N., Yuan, Y., He, Q., Huang, J., Zhao, J., Wang, J., Zhao, S., 2021. China’s Chang’e-5 landing site: Geology, stratigraphy, and provenance of materials. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 561, 116855. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116855 (Download PDF)
Qian, Y., Xiao, L., Head, J. W., van der Bogert, C. H., Hiesinger, H., Wilson, L., 2021. Young lunar mare basalts in the Chang’e-5 sample return region, northern Oceanus Procellarum. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 555, 116702. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116702 (Download PDF)
Qian, Y., Xiao, L., Head, J. W., Wöhler, C., Bugiolacchi, R., Wilhelm, T., Althoff, S., Ye, B., He, Q., Yuan, Y., Zhao, S., 2021. Copernican-Aged (<200 Ma) Impact Ejecta at the Chang’e-5 Landing Site: Statistical Evidence From Crater Morphology, Morphometry, and Degradation Models. Geophysical Research Letters 48(20), e2021GL095341. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL095341 (Download PDF)
Qian, Y., Xiao, L., Head, J. W., Wilson, L., 2021. The Long Sinuous Rille System in Northern Oceanus Procellarum and Its Relation to the Chang’e-5 Returned Samples. Geophysical Research Letters 48(11), e2021GL092663. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL092663 (Download PDF)
Qian, Y., Xiao, L., Yin, S., Zhang, M., Zhao, S., Pang, Y., Wang, J., Wang, G., Head, J. W., 2020. The regolith properties of the Chang’e-5 landing region and the ground drilling experiments using lunar regolith simulants. Icarus 337, 113508. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2019.113508 (Download PDF)
Qian, Y., Xiao, L., Zhao, S., Zhao, J., Huang, J., Flahaut, J., Martinot, M., Head, J. W., Hiesinger, H., Wang, G., 2018. Geology and Scientific Significance of the Rümker Region in Northern Oceanus Procellarum: China’s Chang’E-5 Landing Region. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 123(6), 1407–1430. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JE005595 (Download PDF)
Li, Z., Zhang, B.*, Qian, Y.*, Head, J.W., Long, T., Che, X., 2026. Elevated ilmenite in lunar nearside cumulates revealed by extremely high-Ti glass beads augmented large-scale volcanism. Communications Earth & Environment. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03300-w (Download PDF)
Yu, G., Pang, Y., Xu, M., Qian, Y.*, 2025. Chang’E-5 radar reveals fast regolith production at landing site. Scientific Reports 15, 16507. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-00994-4 (Download PDF)
Deng, X., Tian, W., Qian, Y., Magee, C., Gao, Z., Wei, Z., Fang, J., Qiu, L., Wang, Z., Wang, L., Wang, W., Liu, Y., 2026. Secular Change of Preservation of Lunar Sinuous Rilles: Constraints From Lava Flow Numerical Modeling. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 131, e2025JE008948. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JE008948 (Download PDF)
Zhao, J., Zhang, X., Chang, Y., Wittmann, A., Xiao, Z., Wu, X., Xu, C., Qian, Y., He, Q., Zhao, S., Cao, K., Song, H., Qian, C., Hu, W., Luo, B., She, Z., Pan, F., Xiao, L., 2026. Microstructural and chemical responses of lunar pyroxene to shock shearing under low-to-moderate shock conditions. American Mineralogist 111, 376–393. https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2025-9877 (Download PDF)
He, Q., Hu, W., Xiao, L., Zhang, Xiang, Wang, Z., Qian, Y., Shu, J., Zhao, Jiawei, Chang, Y., Li, C., Xiao, Z., Zhang, Xiaoping, Li, Yiheng, Dominic, P., Zhao, S., Huang, J., Zhao, Jiannan, Wang, J., Wu, X., Hu, Z., Zong, K., She, Z., Li, Yang, 2024. Tadpole-Shaped Nanoparticles in Impact Melt and Implication of High Temperature Chemical Garden in Lunar Soil. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 129, e2024JE008584. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JE008584 (Download PDF)
Head, J.W., Wilson, L., Qian, Y., 2025. Where on the moon was the eruption that produced the recently reported ~ 120 million year old volcanic glass beads? Icarus 116378. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116378 (Download PDF)
Li, Y., Wang, Z., Qian, Y., Zhang, W., Feng, Y., Liu, H., Zong, K., He, Q., She, Z., Wu, X., Li, M., Hu, Z., Xiao, L., Li, Yang, Moynier, F., 2025. Iron isotopes of Chang’e-5 soil and mineral components: Implications for post-eruption processes on lunar surface. Icarus 426, 116362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116362 (Download PDF)
Shi, Y., Peng, W., Joy, K.H., Yu, X., Guan, Y., Bao, Z., Che, X., Tartèse, R., Snape, J.F., Head, J.W., Whitehouse, M.J., Wang, X., Qian, Y., Li, Z., Wang, C., Long, T., Xie, S., Fan, R., Liu, J., Yang, Z., Yang, C., Wang, P., Liu, S., Wang, Z., Huang, H., Kang, Y., Sun, H., Zhang, W., Tian, L., Li, H., Mao, X., Shan, W., Li, D., Liu, D., Nemchin, A.A., 2024. Petrological, chemical, and chronological study of breccias in the Chang’e-5 soil. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 59, 2296–2320. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.14192 (Download PDF)
Wang, Z., Zong, K., Li, Y., Li, J., He, Q., Zou, Z., Becker, H., Moynier, F., Day, J.M.D., Zhang, W., Qian, Y., Xiao, L., Hu, Z., She, Z., Hui, H., Wu, X., Liu, Y., 2024. Young KREEP-like mare volcanism from Oceanus Procellarum. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 373, 17–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2024.03.029 (Download PDF)
He, Q., Cao, Z., Qian, Y., Hui, H., Baziotis, I., Xiao, L., Wang, Z., Luo, B., Li, Y., Ying, Z., & Li, Y., 2024. Petrogenesis of magnesian troctolitic granulite clasts from Chang’e -5 drilling sample: Implications for the origin of ejecta material from lunar highlands. Icarus 408, 115853. https://doi.org/10.1 016/j.icarus.2023.115853 (Download PDF)
Yang, M., Qian, Y., Horgan, B., Huang, J., Xiao, L., 2023. Mineralogy of Surface Materials at the Chang’E-5 Landing Site and Possible Exotic Sources From In Situ Spectral Observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 128(10), e2023JE007908. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JE007908 (Download PDF)
Zhao, S., Xiao, L., Qian, Y., Zhao, Jiawei, She, Z., He, Q., Wang, Z., Wang, X., Cao, K., Zeng, X., Wang, Y., Sun, J., Dong, M., Xiao, Q., Yin, Z., Yang, H., Zhao, Jiannan, Wang, J., Huang, J., Hu, Z., Zong, K., Wu, X., Wang, C., 2023. Variations in lunar regolith properties with depth as revealed by Chang’e-5 samples. Icarus 406, 115766. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115766 (Download PDF)
Wang, Z., Wang, W., Tian, W., Li, H., Qian, Y., Pei, J., Chen, Z., Wang, D., Liu, P. P., Fa, W., Wu, J., Bao, H., 2023. Cooling rate of clinopyroxene reveals the thickness and effusion volume of Chang’E-5 basaltic flow units. Icarus 394, 115406. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115406 (Download PDF)
Cao, K., Dong, M., She, Z., Xiao, Q., Wang, X., Qian, Y., Li, Y., Wang, Z., He, Q., Wu, X., Zong, K., Hu, Z., Xiao, L., 2022. A novel method for simultaneous analysis of particle size and mineralogy for Chang’E-5 lunar soil with minimum sample consumption. Science China Earth Sciences, 65(9), 1704–1714. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-022-9966-5 (Download PDF)
He, Q., Li, Y., Baziotis, I., Qian, Y., Xiao, L., Wang, Z., Zhang, W., Luo, B., Neal, C. R., Day, J. M. D., Pan, F., She, Z., Wu, X., Hu, Z., Zong, K., Wang, L., 2022. Detailed petrogenesis of the unsampled Oceanus Procellarum: The case of the Chang’e-5 mare basalts. Icarus 383, 115082. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115082 (Download PDF)
Xiao, L., Qian, Y., Wang, Qian, Wang, Qiong, 2021. The Chang’e-5 mission, in: Longobardo, A.B.T. (Ed.), Sample Return Missions. Elsevier, pp. 195–206. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818330-4.00009-4 (Download PDF)
Meng, Z., Lei, J., Qian, Y., Xiao, L., Head, J. W., Chen, S., Cheng, W., Shi, J., Ping, J., & Kang, Z., 2020. Thermophysical Features of the Rümker Region in Northern Oceanus Procellarum: Insights from CE-2 CELMS Data. Remote Sensing 12(19), 3272. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12193272 (Download PDF)

Chang’e-4 Mission (World’s first lunar farside landing mission)

Zhang, L., Zhao, C., Dong, X., Lu, S., Xu, Y., Qian, Y., Han, S., Huo, Z., Gao, R., 2025. Subsurface structure of a buried Eratosthenian crater on the far-side of the Moon. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 668, 119542. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119542 (Download PDF)
Zhang, L., Meng, X., Qian, Y., Xu, Y., Zhang, X., Liu, Z., Lai, J., Gao, R., 2024. A Flat-bottomed Buried Crater and Paleo-layered Structures Revealed at the Von Kármán Crater Using Lunar Penetrating Radar. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 978, L2. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ad9a4f (Download PDF)
Zhong, Z., Qian, Y., Li, C., Sun, A.Y., Cai, Z., Lin, L., Guo, X., Kuang, Y., Wen, S., Xiao, L., 2024. Crustal-mantle layering deposits in the Von Kármán crater, South Pole-Aitken basin. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 643, 118923. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2024.118923 (Download PDF)
Yuan, Y., Zhu, P., Xiao, L., Huang, J., Garnero, E. J., Deng, J., Wang, F., Qian, Y., Zhao, N., Wang, W., Li, W., 2021. Intermittent volcanic activity detected in the Von Kármán crater on the farside of the Moon. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 569, 117062. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117062 (Download PDF)
Huang, J., Xiao, Z., Xiao, L., Horgan, B., Hu, X., Lucey, P., Xiao, X., Zhao, S., Qian, Y., Zhang, H., Li, C., Xu, R., He, Z., Yang, J., Xue, B., He, Q., Zhong, J., Lin, H., Huang, C., Xie, J., 2020. Diverse rock types detected in the lunar South Pole–Aitken Basin by the Chang’E-4 lunar mission. Geology 48(7), 723–727. https://doi.org/10.1130/G47280.1 (Download PDF)

Tianwen-1 Mission (China’s first Mars mission)

Ye, B.†, Qian, Y.†, Xiao, L., Michalski, J. R., Li, Y., Wu, B., Qiao, L., 2021. Geomorphologic exploration targets at the Zhurong landing site in the southern Utopia Planitia of Mars. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 576, 117199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117199 (Download PDF)
Xiao, L., Huang, J., Kusky, T., Head, J. W., Zhao, J., Wang, J., Wang, L., Yu, W., Shi, Y., Wu, B., Qian, Y., Huang, Q., Xiao, X., 2023. Evidence for marine sedimentary rocks in Utopia Planitia: Zhurong rover observations. National Science Review 10(9), nwad137. https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwad137 (Download PDF)
Wang, J., Zhao, J., Xiao, L., Peng, S., Zhang, L., Zhang, Z., Gao, A., Qiao, H., Wang, L., Zhang, S., Xiao, X., Shi, Y., Zhao, S., Zhao, J., Qian, Y., Zhang, J., Zhang, X., Huang, J., 2023. Recent Aqueous Activity on Mars Evidenced by Transverse Aeolian Ridges in the Zhurong Exploration Region of Utopia Planitia. Geophysical Research Letters 50(6), e2022GL101650. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL101650 (Download PDF)

Planetary Volcanism

Head, J.W., Wang, X., Lark, L.H., Wilson, L., Qian, Y., 2024. Lunar Nearside-Farside Mare Basalt Asymmetry: The Combined Role of Global Crustal Thickness Variations and South Pole-Aitken (SPA) Basin-Induced Lithospheric Thickening. Geophysical Research Letters 51, e2024GL110510. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL110510 (Download PDF)
Head, J.W., Wilson, L., Hiesinger, H., van der Bogert, C., Chen, Y., Dickson, J.L., Gaddis, L.R., Haruyama, J., Jawin, E.R., Jozwiak, L.M., Li, C., Liu, J., Morota, T., Needham, D.H., Ostrach, L.R., Pieters, C.M., Prissel, T.C., Qian, Y., Qiao, L., Rutherford, M.R., Scott, D.R., Whitten, J.L., Xiao, L., Zhang, F., Ziyuan, O., 2023. Lunar Mare Basaltic Volcanism: Volcanic Features and Emplacement Processes. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry 89, 453–507. https://doi.org/10.2138/rmg.2023.89.11 (Download PDF)
Zhao, J., Qiao, L., Zhang, F., Yuan, Y., Huang, Q., Yan, J., Qian, Y., Zou, Y., Xiao, L., 2023. Volcanism and Deep Structures of the Moon. Space: Science & Technology 3, 0076. https://doi.org/10.34133/space.0076 (Download PDF)
Xiao, L., Huang, J., Xiao, Z., Qi, C., Qian, Y., 2023. Volcanism in the Solar System. Science China Earth Sciences 66, 2419–2440. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-022-1085-y (Download PDF)
Xiao, L., Qian, Y., Qiao, L., Zhang, F., Yang, W., Huang, J., 2022. Advances in the Study of Lunar Volcanism and Thermal Evolution. Bulletin of National Natural Science Foundation of China 36(6), 841-850. (Download PDF)
Zhao, S., Qian, Y., Xiao, L., Zhao, J., He, Q., Huang, J., Wang, J., Chen, H., Xu, W., 2022. Lunar Mare Fecunditatis: A Science-Rich Region and a Concept Mission for Long-Distance Exploration. Remote Sensing 14(5), 1062. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14051062 (Download PDF)

Planetary Chemistry

He, Q., Xiao, L., Baziotis, I., Che, X., Qian, Y., Zhao, J., 2025. Complexity of the NWA 773 Clan: New Evidence from Lunar Olivine Gabbro NWA 6950. Journal of Earth Science 36, 2224–2239. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12583-023-1923-0 (Download PDF)
Wang, Z., Tian, W., Wang, W.-R., Prissel, T.C., Di, Y., Qian, Y., Liu, P.-P., Fa, W., Su, A., 2025. Genesis and timing of KREEP-free lunar Mg-suite magmatism indicated by the first norite meteorite Arguin 002. Communications Earth & Environment 6, 170. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02086-7 (Download PDF)