Ocean of Storms

China hoped to gather up to 4 kilograms of space rocks from an unexplored part of the Moon called Oceanus Procellarum, or the “Ocean of Storms.”

They come from a part of the moon known as the Oceanus Procellarum, or Ocean of Storms, near a site called the Mons Rumker that was believed to have been volcanic in ancient times.

The probe attempt to collect 2kg of samples from an as yet unvisited area of the Moon named the Ocean of Storms.

Intuitive Machines, less well-known than its peers, will carry up to five payloads to Oceanus Procellarum, or the Ocean of Storms, a dark lava plain on the western edge of moon’s near side.

Aided by ground control, Bean recalled a procedure that saved the mission from an early abort, and successfully landed on the Moon’s Ocean of Storms on November 19th.