Chang’e 6

Chang’e 6 | From the Moon’s far side

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Chang’e 6 | From the Moon’s far side

Officials prepare to recover the landing module of the Chang’e-6 moon probe after it landed in Inner Mongolia, in northern China on June 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP On June 25, Chinese personnel picked up a 300-kg cannister from the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region; it contained two fistfuls of soil and rocks. The event … Read more

China launches lunar probe mission to collect samples for first time from far side of moon

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China launches lunar probe mission to collect samples for first time from far side of moon

File picture of the lunar lander of the Chang’e-4 probe in a photo taken in 2019. | Photo Credit: AP China on May 3 launched a lunar probe mission to collect samples for the first time from the far side of the moon and bring them to Earth for scientific studies. The Chang’e-6 mission is … Read more