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

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 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'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

China collects samples from Moon's far side in world-1st mission

A Chinese unmanned probe has lifted off from the far side of the Moon after successfully collecting samples there to bring back to Earth in the world's first such mission, according to state-run media.