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Beijing - China's Chang'e 6 lunar probe returned to Earth on Tuesday with rock and soil samples from the little-explored far side of the moon in a global first. The probe landed in northern China on ...

Samples have only ever been returned from the near side of the moon. China is set to launch the first-ever mission, known as Chang'e 6, on Friday to collect rock and soil samples from the far side of ...

File photo: Photo provided by the China National Space Administration shows Chang'e 5 probe gathering samples on the moon on Dec 2, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua] LANZHOU -- Chinese scientists have newly ...