The probe will be sent to Beijing and samples will be retrieved there, according to state broadcaster CCTV. This is China's sixth mission to the Moon, and its second to the far side. The probe is ...

When American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969, one of their first tasks — after grabbing a handful of moon rocks in ...

At 10:26 Beijing time (02:26 GMT ... satellite named Queqiao - or Magpie Bridge - launched by China last May. Queqiao orbits 65,000km beyond the Moon, around a Lagrange point - a kind of ...

People visit the 17-Arch Bridge in the Summer Palace in Beijing, capital of China on Dec. 22, 2024. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli) Visitors take photos of the illuminated 17-Arch Bridge at sunset in the ...

For the first time in history, a space mission has touched down on the far side of the moon. China's Chang'e-4 probe landed in the the oldest and deepest basin on the moon's surface. Making the ...

Researcher Cai Shuhui prepares rock sample collected by China's Chang ... Sciences in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 20, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua] Rock samples collected from the moon's far side ...