China's Chang’e-6 mission has delivered the first-ever samples from the Moon’s far side, shedding light on one of planetary ...

A series of recent findings from the Chang’e-6 mission have significantly advanced our understanding of the Moon’s far side, ...

China’s Chang’e-6 mission has made lunar history by retrieving the first-ever samples from the Moon’s mysterious farside, specifically the massive South Pole–Aitken Basin. These ancient rocks have ...

A series of research findings by Chinese scientists on the samples collected by the Chang'e-6 mission from the moon's far ...

Chang'e 6 built off the accomplishments of two previous Chinese missions: Chang'e 4, which soft-landed on the far side of the moon and used a rover to explore the surface, and Chang'e 5, which ...

Chang’e-6, the first mission to bring back soil from the moon’s far side, collected 1.9 kilograms (4.2 pounds) of lunar soil via a robotic probe in June before returning to Earth, ...

For decades, scientists have wondered why the moon’s two sides are so different. The side we see from Earth, known as the ...

Chang’e-6 launched atop a Long March 5 rocket from Wenchang May 3, reaching lunar orbit just under five days later. Its lander-ascent vehicle combination landed at 41.6385°S, ...

Chang’e 6 launched on May 3 of this year aboard a heavy-lift Long March 5 rocket — China’s equivalent to a Delta 4 or Falcon 9 rocket — and then proceeded through several discrete phases.

The Chang’e 6 farside sample-return mission was launched by a Long March 5 rocket on May 3, 2024, from China’s Wenchang Space Launch Site on the island of Hainan. Credit: CNSA.

Chang'e-6 spent roughly 4.5-days on its voyage to the Moon, after launching from the Wenchang Space Launch Centre on 3 May. Once in orbit around the Moon, a lander separated from the orbiter and ...

Chang'e 6's touchdown On June 6, Chang'e 6 landed within the colossal South Pole-Aitken basin, which is about 1,550 miles (2,500 km) wide and 5 miles (8 km) deep.