China will now collect the world's first samples from the dark lunar hemisphere and present more insights into the Moon's history and the formation of the solar system. This elevates China's space power status as the global space race heats up, with countries planning long-term astronaut missions.
Chinese space agency CNSA launched the Pakistani small satellite 'Icube Qamar' along with its most complex Chang'e 6 lunar mission.
A media report claimed that a similar balloon was spotted hovering high over an important naval facility in India last year.
The Chang'e 5 mission delivered 1.73 kg of lunar material to Earth in December 2020. A first batch of 31 samples, totaling 17.4764 grams, including fine grains, basalt fragments, and glasses, were distributed to 13 Chinese institutions in July following a first round of applications, Space.com reported.
The Long March 3B rocket carrying Chang'e 4 blasted off on December 8 from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southern China.
Beijing: China's lunar probe Chang'e-3 is scheduled to make an attempt to soft-land on the moon Saturday night, according to sources in charge of the mission.According to the sources, the entire process of soft-landing will
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