The Chang'e 6 lander, meanwhile, remains on the moon. It carried other payloads, including a panoramic imager and a tiny rover. Insights about the lander's fate came recently from the French space ...

China's Chang'e-6 mission landed on the moon’s South Pole-Aitken Basin, according to the China National Space Administration ...

A large screen shows news video of a Chinese national flag carried by the Chang'e-6 lunar probe's lander on the far side of the moon, in Beijing, China, June 4, 2024. Tingshu Wang/REUTERS ...

Chang'e 1 and Chang'e 2 sent orbiters to the moon in 2007 and 2010, respectively. Chang'e 3 marked China's first trip to the lunar surface, putting a lander-rover duo on the near side in late 2013.

China has successfully landed its Chang’e 5 probe on the surface of the moon in a mission that aims to return the first lunar rocks to Earth since 1976. An uncrewed lander and ascender touched ...

In a historic first, the Chang’e 6 sample-return mission earlier this year brought 4.27 pounds (1.935 kilograms) of soil and rock samples back from the Moon’s farside.

Its moon lander, Chang'e 6, used a robotic scoop and drill to collect approximately 5 pounds (2 kilograms) of rocks and soil. These samples came back to Earth on June 25.

A series of recent findings from the Chang’e-6 mission have significantly advanced our understanding of the Moon’s far side, offering unprecedented insights into its geological and geochemical ...

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.

At approximately 11 pounds (5 kilograms), the rover is much smaller and lighter than China's first two moon rovers: Yutu and Yutu 2, part of the 2013 near side Chang'e 3 and 2019 far side Chang'e ...

However, more recent data, including by China’s Chang’e expeditions, suggest that there are younger rocks on the Moon’s surface, just under 2 billion years old. Moon goddess China’s Chang’e 5 lunar ...

Chang'e 1 and Chang'e 2 sent orbiters to the moon in 2007 and 2010, respectively. Chang'e 3 marked China's first trip to the lunar surface, putting a lander-rover duo on the near side in late 2013.