The mission aims to collect about four and a half pounds of material, including surface regolith and excavated material buried up to six and half feet deep, from the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the Moon's far side.
Chang'e-6 is in the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the Moon's far side, known for being rich in lunar mantle material, and may hold frozen water which is critical for future human exploration endeavors.
Reports suggest a previously undisclosed Chinese Moon rover is part of Chang'e-6, in addition to the suite of survey cameras and instruments contributed by France, Sweden, Italy, and Pakistan.
The mission faces communication challenges on the far side of the Moon, as the Earth-moon communication window period is shorter, despite the assistance of the Queqiao-2 satellite relay service.
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