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Chinese Probe Heads Back to Earth With Samples From the Moon’s Mysterious Far Side
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAfter a short visit to the Moon’s far side, a Chinese spacecraft loaded with lunar rock and dust has...
Chinese Probe Achieves First-Ever Blast Off From Moon’s Far Side In Daring Rock Return
Forbes· 4 days agoIt’s expected to rendezvous with an orbiter before a pod containing the samples returns to Earth. No...
China probe successfully lands on far side of Moon
The Raw Story· 6 days agoThe Chang’e-6 set down in the immense South Pole-Aitken Basin, one of the largest known impact craters in the solar system, Xinhua said, citing the China...
A Chinese spacecraft lands on the moon’s far side to collect rocks in growing space rivalry with US...
The Boston Globe· 6 days agoThe landing module touched down at 6:23 a.m. Beijing time in a huge crater known as the South...
China stakes claim on "dark side" of moon
Newsweek· 3 days agoChina's latest lunar mission has begun the process of carrying back samples from the "dark side" of Earth's natural satellite, a world first. After...
Samples from moon's far side transferred to reentry capsule
China Daily· 2 days agoThe samples collected by China's Chang'e 6 lunar mission from the far side of the moon have been delivered to the reentry capsule that will later take them to Earth, according ...
China's Chang'e-6 has left the Moon with samples
The Register· 4 days agoJust days after China's Chang'e-6 probe landed on the far side of the Moon, state-sponsored media reports it is heading back with samples onboard. The...
China's spacecraft carrying rocks from the far side of the moon leaves the lunar surface
WSB-TV 2 Atlanta· 4 days agoBEIJING — (AP) — China says a spacecraft carrying rock and soil samples from the far side of the...
Chinese craft lands on moon's far side amid global rivalry in space
Euronews via Yahoo News· 6 days agoMissions to the moon’s far side are significantly more difficult because it doesn’t face the earth,...
Mars is more prone to devastating asteroid impacts than we thought, new study hints
Live Science via Yahoo News· 6 days agoPotentially hazardous asteroids pose a risk to Mars missions, but they can also yield insight into...