China’s spacecraft carrying rocks from the far side of the moon leaves the lunar surface

Carrying lunar rocks, Chinese probe lifts off from far side of moon

BEIJING - China's Chang'e-6 probe has lifted off from the far side of the moon, starting its journey back towards Earth, China's national space agency announced on Tuesday (June 4). The probe's successful departure from the moon means China is closer to becoming the first country to return samples from the far side of the moon, which permanently faces away...

China's Chang'e-6 Set to Return to Earth With Moon's Far Side Samples

The probe completed its sample collection from June 2-3, possibly making China the first country to return samples from the far side of the moon.

China lunar probe takes off from Moon carrying samples

A Chinese probe carrying samples from the far side of the Moon started its journey back to Earth on Tuesday, the country’s space agency said — a world first and a major achievement for Beijing’s space programme. The ascender module of the Chang’e-6 probe “lifted off from lunar surface” and entered a preset orbit around the Moon, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said. It was the first craft to ever successfully take off from the sat…

China's Chang'e 6 probe launches samples of far side of the moon to lunar orbit. Next stop? Earth

China's Chang'e 6 moon mission returned stunning lunar surface images as it collected samples and sent them to orbit to begin their historic return to Earth for study.

China's Chang'e-6 has left the Moon with samples

Tasks on far side of the Moon were heavily automated