moon monsters

China launches Chang’e 6 lunar probe, sparking the space race

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WENCHANG SPACE LAUNCH SITE, China — China launched an unmanned lunar spacecraft Friday in a unique mission to bring back samples from the far side of the moon, the latest step in a rapidly advancing Chinese space program that is boosting competition with the United States and others. Chang’e 6 lifted off on time at … Read more

China’s Chang’e 5 moon samples, out of reach of NASA for years, are finally available to American scientists

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NASA has given green-lighted space agency-funded researchers permission to request access to Chinese lunar samples returned to Earth via that country’s Chang’e-5 moon mission. In December 2020, China’s Chang’e-5 lunar mission shot 3.8 pounds (1,731 grams) of moon rocks and soil back to Earth from the Oceanus Procellarum exploration site on the moon’s near side. … Read more