Chang'e-6 returns lunar farside samples to Earth
Posted: Sat, Jun 29, 2024, 1:17 PM ET (1717 GMT)
A capsule containing samples collected on the far side of the moon by a Chinese spacecraft has returned to Earth. The return capsule from the Chang'e-6 mission landed in Siziwang Banner, Inner Mongolia at around 2:07 am EDT (0607 GMT) Tuesday. The event was the final act of a five-spacecraft, 53-day effort to collect the first samples ever collected from the lunar far side and delivered them to Earth. The capsule contains nearly two kilograms of material that the Chang'e-6 lander collected after landing in Apollo Crater on the far side the moon early this month.
A capsule containing samples collected on the far side of the moon by a Chinese spacecraft has returned to Earth. The return capsule from the Chang'e-6 mission landed in Siziwang Banner, Inner Mongolia at around 2:07 am EDT (0607 GMT) Tuesday. The event was the final act of a five-spacecraft, 53-day effort to collect the first samples ever collected from the lunar far side and delivered them to Earth. The capsule contains nearly two kilograms of material that the Chang'e-6 lander collected after landing in Apollo Crater on the far side the moon early this month.
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