June 25, 2024 | 7 min readChina Makes History with First-Ever Samples from the Moon’s Far Side
China’s Chang’e 6 mission has successfully returned samples from the moon’s far side, opening a new phase of the nation’s lunar space race with the U.S.
By Leonard David & Lee Billings
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/china-returns-first-ever-samples-from-the-moons-far-side/
