Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 04:45am on 02 Jun 2024,Sunday Science
China has successfully landed an uncrewed spacecraft on the far side of the moon, a first for any country. The Chang'e-6 craft touched down in the South Pole-Aitken Basin, a gigantic impact crater, on Sunday. The mission aims to retrieve rock and soil samples from the dark lunar hemisphere, a feat that will elevate China's space power status. The landing is a significant achievement in a global race to the moon, where countries hope to exploit lunar minerals for long-term missions and moon bases. The Chang'e-6 probe launched on May 3 and reached the lunar vicinity a week later, before landing safely.
