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Chang'e-6: Moon dark side samples collected and launched into lunar orbit

Chang’e-6: Moon samples collected and launched into lunar orbit Material from the far side of the moon has begun its journey for Earth after Chinese spacecraft collected samples and launched them into lunar orbit.

HELSINKI — Material from the far side of the moon has begun its journey for Earth after Chinese spacecraft collected samples and launched them into lunar orbit. “The packaging work has been completed in a normal condition and the whole process is smooth,” Li Xiaoyu, an engineer from the Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC), told CCTV. The lander also carries the Negative Ions at the Lunar Surface (NILS) payload developed by the Swedish Institute of Space physics, which CNSA confirmed turned on.

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