International Lunar Sample Research Symposium 2026

acquisition of the Chang’e-5 samples from the Procellarum KREEP Terrance, the Chang’e-6 samples from the South Pole Aitken basin, and the recent opening of NASA’s Apollo samples in the Apollo Next Generation Sample Analysis program bring a new era of lunar science that is likely to solve the most significant questions that have remained since the Apollo era.

To share the recent findings of Chang’e, Apollo, Luna samples, and lunar meteorites, to prepare for future lunar sample analyses such as those returned by China’s and USA’s human lunar missions, and to foster international cooperation between China and their international partners in all lunar science and exploration disciplines beyond samples, the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) jointly propose this International Lunar Sample Research Symposium. It aims to present the most intriguing findings from all kinds of lunar sample studies and beyond, including but not limited to:

1) Lunar Missions

2) Origin of the Moon

3) Lunar Differentiation

4) Lunar Magmatism

5) Lunar Magnetism

6) Lunar Impact Processes and Chronology

7) Lunar Meteorites

8) Lunar Space Weathering

9) Lunar Volatiles

10) Lunar Analogues and Resources

11) New Techniques

12) Special Session: Lunar South Pole Science and Exploration