China’s Chang’e 6 probe begins collecting the first samples from the far side of the moon to be brought back to Earth
China’s Chang’e-6 moon mission has successfully landed on the other side and is already busy collecting specimens for shipment to Earth. The first set of data was transmitted by the Chang’e 6 lander-ascender combination after arriving on Sunday morning (Beijing time). The landing was aided by China’s newly deployed Queqiao-2 relay satellite to provide a … Read more