China’s Chang’e 6 Probe Starts Collecting 1st Lunar Far Side Samples To Be Brought To Earth.
China’s Chang’e-6 lunar mission has carried out a successful far side touchdown and is already busily gathering specimens for send-off to Earth. The first batch of data has been relayed from the Chang’e 6 lander-ascender combination following its arrival on Sunday morning (Beijing Time). The landing was aided by China’s newly positioned Queqiao-2 relay satellite …