China’s Chang’e-6 spacecraft lands on Moon’s ‘hidden’ side in landmark sample retrieval mission

Follow us on Image Source : REUTERS The Chang’e 6 lunar probe and the Long March-5 Y8 carrier rocket combination before launch in China’s Hainan Province Beijing: China has landed its unmanned spacecraft on the far side of the moon in a landmark exploration mission that aims to collect the world’s first rock and soil samples from the dark lunar hemisphere and provide better insights into geological and other differences between that region and the better-known near side. The landing elevates China’s space power status in a global rush to the Moon, where countries are planning long-term astronaut missions. The…