section_path: Payloads
section_name: Payloads
paragraph_text: Payloads
  
  The mission landed at Mare Crisium, a 500-kilometer-wide (310 mi) basin visible from Earth. The lander's scientific instruments collected data on the properties of the Moon's regolith —its loose, fragmented rock and soil—as well as its geophysical characteristics and the interactions between the solar wind and Earth's magnetic field. These findings will contribute to the preparation and planning of future human missions to the lunar surface.
  
  The payloads, collectively totaling about 94 kilograms (207 lb) in mass, include: