Kemgbe afọ 1976, ihe atụ nkume ọnwa mbụ e weghachiri n'ụwa adaala. Na Disemba 16, ụgbọ elu Chang'e-5 nke China weghachitere ihe dị ka kilogram abụọ mgbe ọ lere anya n'elu ọnwa ngwa ngwa.
E-5 rutere n'ọnwa Disemba 1, wee fegharịa ọzọ na Disemba 3. Oge ụgbọ elu ahụ dị mkpụmkpụ n'ihi na ọ na-eji ike anyanwụ eme ihe, ọ nweghịkwa ike iguzogide abalị siri ike nke nwere ọkụ ọnwa, nke nwere okpomọkụ dị ala dịka -173°C. Kalenda ọnwa na-adịru ihe dị ka ụbọchị iri na anọ n'ụwa.
“Dịka onye ọkà mmụta sayensị ọnwa, nke a na-agba m ume nke ukwuu, obi dịkwa m ụtọ na anyị alọghachila n'elu ọnwa maka oge mbụ n'ime ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ afọ 50.” Jessica Barnes nke Mahadum Arizona kwuru. Ọrụ ikpeazụ iji weghachite ihe nlele sitere na ọnwa bụ nyocha Soviet Luna 24 na 1976.
Mgbe ị chịkọtara ihe nlele abụọ, were otu ihe nlele site n'ala, wee were otu ihe nlele site na ihe dị ka mita abụọ n'okpuru ala, wee tinye ha n'ime ụgbọala na-arịgo elu, wee bulie ha iji sonye na gburugburu nke ụgbọala ozi ahụ. Nzuko a bụ nke mbụ ụgbọ elu robot abụọ na-abanye n'ime akpaaka n'èzí gburugburu ụwa.
E bufere kapsụl ahụ nwere ihe nlele ahụ n'ime ụgbọelu na-alọghachi, nke si n'ọwara ọnwa pụọ ​​wee laghachi n'ụlọ. Mgbe Chang'e-5 rutere nso ụwa, ọ tọhapụrụ kapsụl ahụ, nke si n'ikuku wụlie elu n'otu oge, dị ka nkume na-awụlikwa elu n'elu ọdọ mmiri, na-ebelata ọsọ tupu ọ banye n'ikuku ma tinye parachute.
N'ikpeazụ, mkpụrụ ọgwụ ahụ rutere n'ime Inner Mongolia. A ga-echekwa ụfọdụ uzuzu ọnwa na Mahadum Hunan dị na Changsha, China, a ga-ekesakwa ndị ọzọ nye ndị nchọpụta ka ha nyochaa.
Otu n'ime nyocha kachasị mkpa ndị nchọpụta ga-eme bụ ịtụle afọ nkume ndị dị na ihe nlele ahụ na otú gburugburu mbara igwe si emetụta ha ka oge na-aga. "Anyị chere na mpaghara ebe Chang'e 5 dara na-anọchite anya otu n'ime mmiri lava kacha nta n'elu ọnwa," Barnes kwuru. "Ọ bụrụ na anyị nwere ike ịkpa oke afọ nke mpaghara ahụ, mgbe ahụ anyị nwere ike itinye oke mgbochi siri ike na afọ nke usoro anyanwụ dum."