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China’s lunar probe returns to Earth with first-ever samples from the far side of the Moon
The samples could help answer key questions about the early history of the Moon and Earth.
China’s Chang’e 6 spacecraft landed with the precious cargo in Inner Mongolia today at 2:07PM Beijing time, according to state media. To get around this, Chang’e 6 relied on two lunar satellites China previously launched to facilitate communication between Earth and rovers on the bumpy surface of the Moon’s far side. After landing at the South Pole–Aitken Basin on the far side of the Moon, the probe used its robotic arm and drilling tools to take soil and rock samples.
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