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Chang’e 6 is a Chinese lunar mission launched on May 3, 2024, from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in Hainan. The mission involves an orbiter, a lander, and an ascender, with the primary goal of returning samples from the far side of the Moon. The samples will be collected from the South Pole-Aitken basin, which presents unprecedented challenges due to its difficult environment and composition. Chang’e 6 carries a reentry module to bring the samples back to Earth. The mission is part of China’s ambitious plans for future lunar missions, including Chang’e 7 and a human mission to the Moon by 2030.

The Chang’e 6 mission marks a significant milestone in lunar exploration as it aims to collect samples from the far side of the Moon, which has not been explored extensively due to communication challenges caused by tidally locked orbital periods. To address this challenge, China launched Queqiao-2 relay satellite into a lunar elliptical orbit in March 2024 to facilitate line-of-sight communication between Earth and the far side of the Moon.

Chang’e 6 was launched using a Long March 5 rocket and entered lunar orbit on May 13, 2024. The lander successfully touched down near the southern Apollo crater on May 17, while the orbiter continued to circle around the Moon. The ascender then lifted off from the lander on May 19 and rendezvoused with it to transfer samples into its reentry module. On May 21, after completing five material transfer burns, Chang’e 6 returned to Earth with approximately 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds) of lunar samples.

The collected samples will provide valuable insights into the geological history and composition of the Moon’s far side and contribute significantly to future scientific research on lunar resources utilization and space exploration. This achievement further solidifies China’s position as a major space power and global leader in space exploration by 2049.