China’s Chang’e 6 spacecraft made history today after it successfully landed on Earth with the first lunar samples – 4.4 pounds of them – from the far side of the moon. Chang'e 6 left moon orbit on ...

A somewhat scorched Chang'e-6 return craft landed in Inner Mongolia yesterday, bringing with it the first rock and dust samples from the far side of the Moon – and hopes of unlocking some lunar ...

China’s historic mission to the far side of the moon has come to an end – but they’ve left behind a bit of patriotic graffiti. The unmanned Chang’e-6 probe lifted off from the moon’s surface on ...

Chang'e 6's samples from the lunar far side contain a record of ancient volcanism, magnetism and a mantle depleted in important elements and water. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

The Chang’e 6 spacecraft is heading to the moon to bring back samples from its far side. The Chinese mission, which is due to blast off between 8.30am and 11.00am GMT from the Wenchang Space Launch ...

FILE - This China National Space Administration (CNSA) handout image released by Xinhua News Agency, shows the lander-ascender combination of Chang'e-6 probe taken by a mini rover after it landed on ...

China's Chang'e 6 spacecraft successfully touched down on the far side of the moon on Sunday (June 2). China has now landed two missions on the moon's mysterious far side. When you purchase through ...

Chang'e 6 will haul dirt and rocks home from the mysterious lunar far side. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. China is headed back ...

The return to the moon story that will dominate the first quarter of 2026 will be the Artemis II mission that will take four ...

It has been more than 50 years since the last people visited the moon. In the 1960s and 1970s, 24 astronauts flew around the moon, with 12 of them walking on the moon itself. Since then, there have ...

The near side of the moon has been studied more extensively than the far side. Dinkun Chen, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Scientists analyzed the first and thus far only rock samples from the far ...