China's Chang'e-6 Achieves Historic Landing on Moon's Far Side
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China’s Chang’e-6 mission successfully landed on the moon’s far side, aiming to retrieve rock and soil samples from the South Pole-Aitken Basin. This marks China’s second descent on the moon’s far side, with plans to return the samples to Earth by June 25. The mission involves significant engineering challenges and aims to provide new insights into the moon’s formation. China plans more uncrewed missions and aims to have astronauts on the moon by 2030.
- China probe lands on moon’s far side in first-ever sample retrieval mission Al Jazeera English
- China Lands Spacecraft on Far Side of the Moon The New York Times
- China’s Chang’e 6 lands on far side of moon amid space rivalry with U.S. The Washington Post
- Chang'e-6 lands on far side of the moon to collect unique lunar samples SpaceNews
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