The mission hopes to bring rocks back to earth from the far side of the Moon for the first time.
The robotic Chang'e 6 launched on May 3 and entered lunar orbit about five days later. James Head, of the Department of Earth ...
The launch of the uncrewed Chang’e-6 is part of China’s effort to put a human on the lunar surface by 2030 China has launched a probe to collect samples from the far side of the moon - in a ...
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Landing on the far side of the moon is rarely attempted, due to difficulties communicating with Earth, but China is about to ...
WENCHANG, China, May 3 (Reuters) - China on Friday launched an uncrewed spacecraft on a nearly two-month mission to retrieve rocks and soil from the far side of the moon, the first country to make ...
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SINGAPORE—Across China and among the global scientific community, Friday’s launch of a Chinese mission to collect samples from the moon’s far side has been hailed for its potential for a ...
BEIJING, May 3 (Reuters) - China on Friday launched a mission to collect samples from the moon's "hidden" side, a first in space exploration history, and marked a new phase in China's 20-year-old ...
China launched a probe on Friday to collect samples from the far side of the Moon, a world first as Beijing pushes ahead with ...
The Chang'e-6 mission successfully launched today, hoping to become the first mission to collect rock and soil samples from the far side of the Moon. The spacecraft will land on the northeastern ...
We may earn a commission from links on this page. The lunar far side. Image: NASA-JPL A Chinese probe is on its way to the far side of the Moon to collect samples and drop them off at Earth in ...