"Collecting and returning samples from the far side of the moon is an unprecedented feat. Now we know very little about the moon's far side. If the Chang'e-6 mission can achieve its goal, it will provide scientists with the first direct evidence to understand the environment and material ...
The Chang'e-6 mission is tasked with collecting and returning samples from the moon's mysterious far side, the first endeavor of its kind in the history of human lunar exploration.■
Among the missions outlined by Ma Tao, deputy head of CASC's space program planning department, are two crewed flights and two cargo missions to the Tiangong space station, the Chang'e 6 mission aimed at retrieving samples from the moon's far side, and the inaugural launche...
blasts off at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in south China's Hainan Province, March 20, 2024. After 24 minutes of flight, the satellite separated from the rocket, and entered the planned Earth-Moon transfer orbit with the perigee at 200 kilometers and the apogee at 420,000 kilometers...
A Long March-8 rocket, carrying the relay satellite Queqiao-2 for Earth-Moon communications blasts off at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in south China's Hainan Province, March 20, 2024. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu) A Long March-8 rocket, carrying the relay satellite Queqiao-2 for Earth-Moon com...
China on Friday launched a lunar probe to land on thefar side of the moonin a first-of-its-kind mission to return with samples that could provide insights into differences between the less-explored region and the better-known near side. ...
A depiction of China's Chang'e 6 moon lander on the far side of the moon after landing on June 2, 2024. (Image credit: CCTV) And Chang'e 6 will make further history for China, if all goes according to plan: The mission aims to scoop up samples and send them back to Earth, givi...
The far side of the moon is an increasingly popular destination in space. As China launches Chang'e-6 to collect the area's first-ever samples, here's what you need to know about its race with NASA.
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China launched its most ambitious moon mission yet Monday: a robotic spacecraft expected to land on the lunar surface by the end of the week. The spacecraft is expected to collect about 4 pounds of rock and soil samples, and return them to Earth next month for laboratory analysis. ...