Chang'e 5 performs its first moon-Earth transfer injection maneuver

So far, the Chinese Chang’e 5 mission has gone off without a hitch. China has announced the orbiter-reentry capsule of the probe has performed its first moon-Earth transfer injection maneuver. The maneuver was conducted Saturday morning, placing the probe into an elliptical lunar orbit and preparing it to return to Earth. Before performing the maneuver, Chang’e 5 had been orbiting …