Then, in late 2020, the Chang'e-5 mission landed on the near side of the Moon and successfully collected 1.7 kg of rocks.

China launched an uncrewed lunar mission Friday that aims to bring back samples from the far side of the moon for the first ...

Chang’e-6 aiming to land on dark side of Earth’s sole satellite, gather samples from an area of critical interest and return ...

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson told NPR he sees the U.S. in an urgent race with China to find water on the moon, and that he ...

The Chang’e 6 mission will advance Beijing’s ambitions to become a space power and scientific force, but its steady progress ...

All told, the mission should take roughly 56 days to complete. China’s potential return to the moon marks a significant ...

China's advancing space exploration program has launched a new lunar probe to explore the far side of the moon. China has its own space station and conceptual plans for a moon base.

If successful, the Chang’e-6 mission will be the first in history to return a sample from a part of the moon that we never get to see from Earth. By Katrina Miller On Friday, China launched a ... It ...

The Geologic Atlas of the Lunar Globe doubles the resolution of Apollo-era maps and will support the space ambitions of China ...

We call the half of the Moon we never see the far side, and it has been a topic for many speculations, works of literature, and movies over ... China launched the Chang'e program in 2007 and by 2030 ...

The Chang’e-6 mission aims to land in the Moon’s oldest and largest crater, collect rocks, and bring them back to Earth.

China on Friday launched an uncrewed spacecraft on a nearly two-month mission to retrieve rocks and soil from the far side of the moon, the first country to make such an ambitious attempt.