Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The government of China now possesses something that no other humans have ever encountered — rocks and soil from the far side of the moon. The successful return of the Chang’e-6 lunar mission with the historic […]
China’s domestic chip production is managing impressive feats regardless of U.S. restrictions. CPU developer Loongson announced to shareholders that its upcoming 3C6000/3D6000/3E6000 series of server-grade processors had been successfully sampled and returned and that these first chips are now being tested. Loongson plans to release the 3C6000 line in Q4 2024, exactly matching its roadmap. […]
China’s Chang’e 6 mission return capsule has been transferred to Beijing and opened to access its precious cargo. The return capsule made its fiery plunge through the atmosphere on June 25 before landing in the grasslands of Inner Mongolia. The event brought the 53-day-long Chang’e 6 mission to a successful conclusion, delivering the first-ever lunar […]
China’s space officials have said they would welcome scientists from around the world to apply to study the lunar rock samples that the Chang’e 6 probe brought back to Earth in a historic mission. However, they noted there were limits to that co-operation, specifically with the United States. Officials said at a televised news conference […]
BANGKOK (AP) — China’s space officials said Thursday they welcomed scientists from around the world to apply to study the lunar rock samples that the Chang’e 6 probe brought back to Earth in a historic mission, but noted there were limits to that cooperation, specifically with the United States. Officials said at a televised news […]
China’s Chang’e-6 Moon probe landed in Mongolia on Tuesday, looking like a burnt marshmallow after blasting through Earth’s atmosphere. Inside the toasty space probe were the first samples collected from the far side of the Moon and successfully brought back to Earth. The landing was the culmination of the China National Space Administration’s Chang’e-6 sample-return […]
[Source] China’s unmanned Chang’e-6 lunar mission successfully landed in Inner Mongolia on Tuesday, bringing home the world’s first-ever samples from the far side of the Moon, a region previously unexplored by sample return missions. Unlocking space secrets: The Chang’e-6 probe collected lunar soil from the South Pole-Aitken Basin, a massive crater on the Moon’s far […]
China has become the first nation to collect material from the far side of the moon and return it to Earth. The Chang’e-6 lunar module, which collected the sample, completed its historic mission with a touchdown in China’s northern Inner Mongolia region around 2pm local time on Tuesday (June 25). The sample is the first […]
Return Address China’s Chang’e 6 lunar probe has officially returned the first samples collected from the far side of the Moon to scientists here on Earth, a major achievement highlighting the country’s rapidly advancing space ambitions. The probe touched down in Inner Mongolia on Tuesday, delivering the incredibly rare package, which is expected to include […]
June 25 (UPI) — China’s Chang’e-6 mission successfully returned to Earth early Tuesday, bringing with it the first-ever samples retrieved from the far side of the moon. The Chang’e-6 return capsule successfully landed in the Siziwang Banner area of China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region at 2:07 p.m. local time, the China National Space Administration said […]
The first-ever samples from the far side of the Moon have touched down on Earth. China’s Chang’e 6 capsule landed on Tuesday in Inner Mongolia, carrying rocks that could confirm or debunk scientists’ current theories about the Moon’s origin. The samples could help scientists confirm the current hypothesis about the Moon’s origin: that molten Earth […]
China has made spaceflight history yet again. The nation’s robotic Chang’e 6 mission returned material from the moon‘s mysterious far side to Earth on Tuesday (June 25) — something that had never been done before. The milestone moment occurred Tuesday at 2:07 a.m. EDT (0607 GMT; 2:07 p.m. Beijing time), when Chang’e 6’s return capsule […]