China Lands Spacecraft on Far Side of the Moon
Briefly

China's Chang'e-6 unmanned probe landed on the moon's far side, in the South Pole-Aitken basin, with the goal of gathering samples from a region never before explored by earthlings.
The far side of the moon is intriguingly different, with a thicker crust, more craters, and less lava plains than the near side, raising questions that this mission aims to answer through sample collection.
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