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The Chang'e 6 mission landed on the southern hemisphere of the lunar far side to gather more material. Specifically, the landing segment of the Chang'e 6 mission touched down in a relatively flat area lying in the southern portion of the Apollo crater, which itself lies within the larger South Pole-Aitken (SPA
China’s Chang’e-6 lunar lander successfully touched down on the far side of the moon Sunday morning Beijing time, in a significant step for the ambitious mission that could advance the country ...
The Chang'e-6 craft, equipp. SINGAPORE (Reuters) -China landed an uncrewed spacecraft on the far side of the moon on Sunday, a landmark mission aiming to retrieve the world's first rock and soil ...
The Chang’e 6 lander collected 2 kg of lunar material using a scoop and a drill which was then launched aboard the ascender to the mission’s orbiter. Chang’e 6 return capsule landing in ...
Lunar Relay satellite to support communications for the upcoming lunar missions, including Chang'e 6, 7 and 8. [16] Success Ongoing Chang'e 6: 3 May 2024 Long March 5: 8 May 2024 1 Jun 2024 [33] 25 Jun 2024 Lunar orbiter, lander, rover, and sample return; landed at the South Pole–Aitken basin on the far side of the Moon. [17] Success Ongoing
China's Chang'e 6 probe returned on Earth with rock and soil samples from the little-explored far side of the moon in a global first. “I now declare that the Chang’e 6 Lunar Exploration ...
The second is landing and roving on the Moon, as Chang'e 3 did in 2013 and Chang'e 4 did in 2019 (The rover still being active as of 2024). The third is collecting lunar samples from the near-side and far-side of the moon and sending them to Earth, a task accomplished by Chang'e 5 in 2020 and by Chang'e 6 mission in 2024. The fourth phase ...
After landing, Chang'e-6 had a 14-hour window to drill, excavate, and seal 2 kg of material, with the goal of being the first probe to bring back such samples from the moon's far side. This ...