China Launches Mission to Return First Samples From Moon's Elusive Far Side
A Chinese probe is on its way to the far side of the Moon to collect samples and drop them off at Earth in what would be a historic first. The Chang’e-6 mission launched from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center at 5:30 a.m. ET on Friday. The lunar probe was riding on board China’s largest rocket, the 57-meter-tall Long March-5.
The city of Wenchang on China’s Hainan Island is home to a rocket launch center – and a tourist industry that caters to a ...
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China is sending its Chang’e 6 spacecraft to the far side of the moonIf all goes well, the Chang’e 6 probe will be the first ever to land on the far side of the moon to take samples and bring ...
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Watch live: China launching Chang'e 6 mission to far side of the moon early May 3 (video)A Long March 5 rocket carrying the Chang'e 6 lunar far side sample return mission is scheduled to launch between 5:17 a.m.
Japan’s “Moon Sniper” wasn’t designed for extreme lunar temperature swings. But the spacecraft has endured three long lunar ...
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Enormous 'San Andreas fault' on Saturn's moon could help reveal signs of alien lifeHuge "tiger stripe" fault lines seen on Saturn's moon Enceladus raise hopes that a "long-lived" ocean containing potential ...
The U.S. military is likely headed to the moon to counter multiplying threats in space from China and Russia, a key House ...
Rare near-Earth asteroid Kamo’oalewa may have been created several million years ago when something slammed into the moon and ...
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Astronauts on the moon could stay fit by running in a Wheel of DeathA Wheel of Death, as seen in circuses and theme parks on Earth, typically consists of a large ring laid on its side. A ...
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