This is China’s robotic lander whose mission is to land on the far side of the Moon to collect samples. It moon land on the moon on June 2, 2024.
How will the lander send samples to Earth?
China discovered a unique way to collect first samples by transferring between spacecraft in orbit and then after collecting samples of rock and soil returning to the earth on China’s inner region of Magnolia desert on June
25, it is necessary to transfer samples to the Earth safely. Now China has become the first country to collect samples from a lunar orbiting spacecraft.
Why is this mission important for China?
Because the area of the Moon where China landed Chang’e 6 the unexplored area of the Apollo BASIN crater, in the South Pole-Aitken(SPA) is the far side of the moon, communication can be done only through satellite and the land is a terrain that is not very flat, which makes it difficult to land and Making China more advanced in the worldwide space station programs.
China’s upcoming space mission
China has three crew members orbiting Earth on its space station. They have more missions to send to the Moon in the next four years and there is also a plan to send man to the Moon. If this happens, China will become the second country after the USA to send humans to the Moon.
On Tuesday, June 25th, 2024, China’s Chang’e-6 became the world’s first spacecraft to retrieve samples from the far side of the Moon, an area that has never been explored by Earth. According to Long Xiao, a planetary geologist at China University of Geosciences, this mission is a significant milestone in human history and a cause for celebration among scientists worldwide.