How China’s Chang’e 6 mission snagged the first samples of the Moon’s farside

On June 25, 2024, China’s Chang’e 6 mission came to an end when a reentry capsule touched down in the Siziwang Banner Province in Mongolia. The capsule contained truly precious cargo: just under 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds) of lunar samples from the farside of the Moon. No mission had ever retrieved material from the farsideContinue reading “How China’s Chang’e 6 mission snagged the first samples of the Moon’s farside”
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