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 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 ...

successfully landed its Chang’e 4 lunar lander on the far side of the Moon and deployed a rover which scientists will use to study the surface. It’s a monumental achievement for China ...

China's Yutu-2 rover captured imagery of the lunar surface. See rover tracks and views from the far side of the moon. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: China Central Television (CCTV) | edited by ...

BEIJING--China’s Chang’e 6 probe returned on Earth on Tuesday with rock and soil samples from the little-explored far side of the moon in a global first. The probe landed in northern China ...

China in 2020 returned samples from the moon’s near side, the first time anyone had done so since the former Soviet Union in 1976. Analysis of the samples found they contained water in tiny ...

The plant pod was just one of several experiments and scientific efforts China is undertaking with the Chang’e 4 mission, and its rover is still exploring the far side of the Moon. The ‘grand ...

Shortly after New Year’s Day in 2019, China landed an unmanned spacecraft on the far side of the moon, where no mission had gone before. U.S. intelligence officials say they did so quietly ...

Researchers analysing lunar samples from China’s Chang’e-6 mission have uncovered evidence of ancient volcanic activity on the Moon’s far side. The mission, which returned nearly two ...

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A scientific analysis of newly discovered structures on the far side of the moon suggests relatively recent activity.

Researchers analysing lunar samples from China’s Chang’e-6 mission have uncovered evidence of ancient volcanic activity on the Moon’s far side. The mission, which returned nearly two ...