China's Chang'e 6 mission continues to make history, having collected the first samples ever retrieved from the far side of the moon and now transferring those samples between spacecraft in orbit.

Lunar samples serve as a critical link between orbital remote sensing and ground-truth measurements. Previous sample-return missions—Apollo, Luna, and Chang'e-5—have collectively brought back ...

China's Chang'e 5 mission brought back evidence that the moon had erupting volcanoes just 120 million years ago. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Precious moon samples brought back to Earth by China's Chang'e 5 mission in 2020 have finally been shared with international researchers — but the law has made it difficult for U.S.-based scientists ...

The Chang'e 6 minirover Weibo took this image of the lander by autonomously driving away and photographing it. CNSA China achieved a historic feat by bringing back the first-ever sample from the lunar ...

Graphical depiction of exotic igneous clasts in Chang’e-5 lunar regolith CREDIT IGCAS The Chang’e-5 mission touched down in the Mons Rümker region of the northern Oceanus Procellarum of the Moon and ...

China's launched its Chang'e 6 sample-return mission, which 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 ...

In the early morning of November 24, 2020, the Chang’E 5 lunar probe was launched from the Wenchang Space Launch Center and successfully executed a 23-day journey of lunar sample return (LSR) mission.

December 1 was a momentous day for the China National Space Administration (CNSA). On this day, the long-awaited Chang’e 5 mission, which launched from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center little more ...

Analysis of lunar samples from the Chang'e 5 mission revealed three volcanic glass beads, dated to approximately 123 million years old (with a 15-million-year margin of error). This finding challenges ...