China's Chang'e-6 mission landed on the moon’s South Pole-Aitken Basin, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA). Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: China Central Television (CCT ...

Chang’e 6 is the beginning of “phase IV” of China's planned moon exploration programme, which is expected to consist of two more robotic missions, including a small flying probe. After that ...

There's less water in the mantle beneath the farside of the moon than in the mantle on the nearside, according to studies of the precious lunar samples brought back to Earth by China's Chang'e 6 ...

Credit: CNSA/CLEP HELSINKI — China has accepted a number of international applications to borrow small portions of moon samples collected by its Chang’e-5 mission, including those from two U.S ...

The Chang'e-6 probe was launched from China on May 3, 2024. On June 25, 2024, its returner landed in North China, bringing back 1,935.3 grams of samples from the far side of the moon. [Xinhua ...

Using samples gathered from the Chang’e-6 mission, scientists found that the interior of the moon on the half we never see from Earth might be drier than the near side. By Katrina Miller Katrina ...

China's Chang'e 6 mission marked a milestone in lunar exploration by bringing back the first-ever samples from the far side of the Moon. Launched in early May 2024, the mission successfully landed ...

Scheduled for launch around 2029, the Chang'e 8 mission will target the Leibnitz-Beta Plateau near the moon's south pole. The mission will consist of a lander, a rover and a robot. Together with ...

China’s space agency has agreed to share samples of moon rocks with universities in ... share samples brought back to earth by the Chang’e-5 mission with Brown University in Rhode Island ...

shows the lander-ascender combination of Chang'e-6 probe taken by a mini rover after it landed on the moon surface, June 4, 2024. (CNSA/Xinhua via AP, File) 35,176 people played the daily ...

Based on research on lunar samples retrieved by Chang'e-6 mission, a team of Chinese scientists confirmed that the oldest and largest impact crater on the moon, the South Pole-Aitken (SPA ...

An image of the Chang'e 6 lander on the lunar surface at the far side of the moon. | Credit: CNSA There's less water in the mantle beneath the farside of the moon than in the mantle on the ...