As NASA astronauts aim for landings in 2027, geologists find surprises in recently retrieved samples from the far ...

Chinese scientists think it's time to rewrite the Moon's history after analyzing samples returned to Earth by the Chang'e 6 mission.… Their opinion appears in a paper titled "A reinforced lunar ...

China hopes to be the first nation to return a sample from the far side of the Moon after its Chang'e-6 probe blasted off from the lunar surface on Tuesday. After launching from China on May 3 ...

BEIJING--A Chinese lunar capsule returned to Earth on Thursday with the first fresh samples of rock and debris from the moon in more than 40 years. The capsule of the Chang’e 5 probe landed in ...

BEIJING--A Chinese probe that landed on the moon transferred rocks to an orbiter Sunday in preparation for returning samples of the lunar surface to Earth for the first time in almost 45 years ...

The first study on the Moon samples brought back by the Chinese Chang'e-6 mission show that the Moon's far side was just as ...

But until now, China has never explored the moon's mysterious dark side ... One of its tasks is to study the composition of rocks and dirt in the basin. Since scientists believe this is the ...

With Moon Hill, The White Mountain and 30 other crags, Yangshuo is one of the most important and interesting areas for rock climbing in China. Yangshuo is a little-known corner of China, at present ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. China started off 2019 by completing the first soft landing on the far side Earth’s moon.

China has named its lunar spacesuit "Wangyu" and rover "Tansuo," crucial for its human moon landing plans by 2030. The prototype development phase is in progress, with extensive testing conducted.

Landing a spacecraft on the moon has long been a series of hits and misses. Last year, a spacecraft built by Intuitive Machines through a NASA-sponsored program put the US back on the moon for the ...