CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Landing a spacecraft on the moon has long been a series of hits and misses.

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 molten as the near one eons ago.

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.

In those early millennia, the infant moon must have been pummelled by asteroids and space rocks as is evidenced ... and crewed spacecraft from the US, China, India, Israel, Japan, and the European ...

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 ...

A researcher with the Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological ... a type of volcanic rock, from both the far and near sides of the moon proved similar. The basalt present in the ...

The lander also conducted two “hazard avoidance” maneuvers during its final descent that included boulders and rocks ... on the far side of the moon. So far, only China has sent a spacecraft ...

A robotic lander named Athena has made its final descent to the moon’s surface ... that onboard cameras could confirm whether the space rock is filled with platinum, a valuable resource that ...

Under the program, NASA hopes to make major strides in a space race with China and Russia ... he wants to continue the moon mission. He removed a piece of moon rock that Joe Biden kept in the ...

New evidence from an old NASA mission supports the theory that Jupiter's moon Callisto is in fact an ocean world. Credit: NASA / JPL / DLR A moon of Jupiter about the size of Mercury likely has a ...

Scientists have long theorized that the Moon was once covered by a vast ocean of molten rock. Now, new research based on samples from the far side of the Moon provides the strongest evidence yet that ...