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China's Chang'e 6 lander has sent home stunning images of the lunar surface on the mysterious far side of the moon.
Additionally, the China National Space Administration has released stunning footage that shows the lunar far side samples the lander has been collecting over the past two days. The samples were launched to orbit at 7:38 a.m. Beijing Time on Tuesday, June 4 .Watch China's Chang'e 6 probe land on far side of the moon in dramatic video"China's Chang'e 6 ascender separated from the lander and lifted off from the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the moon at 7:38 a.m.
This will be a historic event as it will be the first time that samples have been collected from the far side of the moon and returned to our planet for study. The high-definition image of the landing site taken by the lander's panoramic camera, zoom in to see the details of the lunar surface," the CNSA wrote on Weibo.Other images shared by the CNSA that were taken by Chang'e 6's lander camera included a view of the lander's leg firmly planted on the lunar surface.
This means that, at the moment, China is the only nation that has successfully landed on the hemisphere of the moon that faces away from Earth. Following the CNSA's success in landing spacecraft on this tricky region of the moon, the next two Chang'e missions will target the is set to arrive at the lunar south pole in 2026, where it will hunt for stores of water ice.
Robert Lea is a science journalist in the U.K. whose articles have been published in Physics World, New Scientist, Astronomy Magazine, All About Space, Newsweek and ZME Science. He also writes about science communication for Elsevier and the European Journal of Physics. Rob holds a bachelor of science degree in physics and astronomy from the U.K.’s Open University. Follow him on Twitter @sciencef1rst.
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