Chinese probe delivered soil from the far side of the Moon to Earth (2 photos + 1 video)
The Chinese were the first to manage to deliver regolith from an unexplored area of the satellite.
The Chinese return module of the Chang'e-6 apparatus delivered soil samples from the far side of the Moon to Earth for the first time in history. This was reported by the China National Space Administration (CNSA).
At about 13:41 Beijing time (8:41 Moscow time), the device entered the Earth's atmosphere, and at an altitude of 10 km, Chang'e-6 opened its parachute. The capsule with regolith dropped by the module landed in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region at the Syziwanqi landing site. It will be delivered to Beijing for extraction and subsequent study of the soil.
The Chang'e 6 mission lasted almost 2 months. The Long March 5 rocket launched with the vehicle on May 3. Already on June 2 and 3, the lander collected soil samples in the area of the Apollo impact crater, located in the South Pole-Aitken basin. The main goal of the Chang'e-6 mission is to conduct an experiment to obtain oxygen from regolith on the Moon, which will be a huge help for the creation of lunar bases.