New photos released by NASA show where China's Chang'e-6 space probe landed on the far side of the moon in a historic first-of-its-kind space mission.
has shared the first photos taken of China's Chang'e-6 space probe captured on the far side of the moon. The images of China's sample return spacecraft were captured by
and Arizona State University show the landing site situated near the southern edge of the Apollo basin on the lunar far side. JAMES WEBB TELESCOPE HELPS ENHANCE TECHNOLOGY FROM VIRTUAL REALITY TO LASIK EYE SURGERY 'Basaltic lava erupted south of Chaffee S crater about 3.1 billion years ago and flowed downhill to the west until it encountered a local topographic high, likely related to a fault.
GETS VOYAGER 1 BACK ONLINE FROM 15 BILLION MILES AWAY AFTER TECHNICAL PROBLEM The China National Space Administration said the spacecraft withstood a high temperature test on the lunar surface, and acquired the samples using both drilling and surface collection before stowing them in a container inside the ascender of the probe as planned. The container will be transferred to a reentry capsule that is due to return to Earth in the deserts of China’s Inner Mongolia region about June 25.
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