Chang’e 6 probe’s lunar samples enter return-to-Earth module in lunar orbit, China says

Two spacecraft are seen in this simulation near the moon, connected to one another.

China’s Chang’e 6 mission continues to make history after collecting the first samples ever taken from the far side of the moon and those samples are now being transferred between spacecraft in orbit. That transfer was necessary for the next step in the monsters’ journey: the return to Earth. The successful rendezvous and docking of … Read more