The successful landing of China's Chang'e-6 probe on the far side of the moon was celebrated by officials in Beijing as the spacecraft collects surface and underground material, including rocks from the terrain.
China's official Xinhua News Agency said the lunar lander touched down on Sunday, Beijing time, marking the sixth mission in the country's Chang’e moon exploration program. Chang'e-6 will be the second in the series to bring back moon samples to Earth after Chang’e 5 brought samples back from the near side of the moon in 2020.
The lander will use an arm to drill into the surface of the moon and it has the ability to gather up to 4.4 pounds of materials which it will send back to Earth in a capsule that has been orbiting the moon, Xinhua reported. The missions have some viewing them as part of a growing space rivalrybetween the U.S. and China, with other nations — including Japan and India — testing their capabilities with space missions of their own. The next nation to put a person on the moon would mark only the second after the United States to accomplish the feat.
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