China’s Chang’e-6 lunar probe combination landers and ascent modules successfully landed at the designated landing zone in the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the far side of the Moon on Sunday. tomorrow, to collect lunar samples, the China National Space Administration announced.
He added that it will be the first time that samples have been collected from this little-explored area of the Moon. The Chang’e carries out a technically complex 53-day mission that began on May 3. Now that it has landed on the moon, it will try to collect lunar dust and rocks, as well as carry out other experiments nearby.
The process must be completed in two days.
The probe will employ two collection methods: a drill to collect samples below the surface and a robotic arm to take samples above the surface. Later he must attempt an unprecedented launch from the dark side of the Moon.
Scientists say the dark side of the Moon – so called because it is not visible from Earth – has great potential for research because its craters are less covered by ancient lava flows on the near side.
Material collected from the dark side can provide information about how the Moon formed.
