China · CNSAfirstrobotic
June 25, 2024
Chang'e 6 returns first samples from the Moon's far side
Lands in Apollo crater, collects 1.935 kg of regolith from the South Pole–Aitken basin, and returns to Inner Mongolia — humanity's first material from the lunar far side.
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