Tag: samples

China returns samples from the moon’s far side in historic 1st (video)

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 […]

Chinese probe returns to Earth with first samples from far side of the Moon

China’s Chang’e 6 probe returned on Earth on Tuesday with rock and soil samples from the little-explored far side of the Moon in a global first. The probe landed in the Inner Mongolian region of northern China on Tuesday afternoon. Chinese scientists anticipate the returned samples will include 2.5-million-year-old volcanic rock and other material that […]

Chinese moon researchers gearing up for June 25 arrival of far side samples

Excitement is mounting for the first-ever return of samples from the far side of the moon. China’s ongoing Chang’e 6 mission is nearing its departure from lunar orbit, after which it will deliver a mother lode of moon materials to Earth. Earlier this month, more than 200 Chinese scientists from 31 domestic universities and research […]