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China Launches Moon Probe
Friday May 3, 2024. 08:11 PM , from Slashdot/Apple
It comes as a growing number of countries, including the United States, eye the strategic and scientific benefits of expanded lunar exploration in an increasingly competitive field. China's planned 53-day mission would see the Chang'e-6 lander touch down in a gaping crater on the moon's far side, which never faces Earth. China became the first and only country to land on the moon's far side during its 2019 Chang'e-4 mission. Any far-side samples retrieved by the Chang'e-6 lander could help scientists peer back into the evolution of the moon and the solar system itself -- and provide important data to advance China's lunar ambitions. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/05/03/1811253/china-launches-moon-probe?utm_source=rss1.0mainl...
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