The Chang’e-6 is set to land on the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the lunar far side, one of the oldest impact features in the solar system.
The Chang’e-6 is set to land on the South Pole-Aitken Basin, which is on the lunar far side and is one of the largest and oldest impact features in the solar system.China has launched one of its most anticipated missions to bring lunar rock and soil from the far side of the moon. The Long March-5, China’s largest rocket, blasted off to space carrying the Chang’e-6 lunar probe. The 53-day mission is a world-first attempt to retrieve rocks and soil from the moon’s side that never faces Earth.
As it lands, the Chang’e-6 is likely to spend two days on lunar soil to dig up around 4.4 pounds of samples, which will be sealed in a container. Chang’e-6 will land in north China’s Inner Mongolia .Chinese scientists have claimed that the samples collected by Chang’e-6 will have a geological age of approximately four billion years.
Built as a backup for China’s Chang’e-5 mission, Chang’e-6 consists of four components: an orbiter, lander, ascender, and re-entry module.
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