The lunar mission was launched last month to collect samples from the far side of the moon, the first attempt of its kind. China's lunar probe successfully landed on the far side of the moon ...

China hopes to be the first nation to return a sample from the far side of the Moon after its Chang'e-6 probe blasted off from the lunar surface on Tuesday. After launching from China on May 3 ...

The Chang'e-6 probe was launched from China on May 3, 2024. On June 25, 2024, its returner landed in North China, bringing back 1,935.3 grams of samples from the far side of the moon. [Xinhua] BEIJING ...

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China’s ambitious space program aims to put astronauts on the moon by 2030, as well as bring back samples from Mars around the same year and launch three lunar probe missions over the next four ...

It noted that knowing the formation time of the 2,500-kilometer-wide SPA basin, which is located on the moon's far side, ...

BEIJING--A Chinese probe that landed on the moon transferred rocks to an orbiter ... If the mission succeeds, it will make China the third country after the United States and former Soviet Union ...

For the first time in history, a space mission has touched down on the far side of the moon. China's Chang'e-4 probe landed in the the oldest and deepest basin on the moon's surface. Making the ...

China successfully launched the Chang’e-6 spacecraft to collect samples of lunar soil from the far side of the Moon for the first ... the Chang’e-6 probe has accurately entered the target ...

Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan.