Chang’e-6 Landing

China's Chang'e-6 lunar probe successfully landed on Sunday on the far side of the Moon to collect samples. The Chang'e-6 set down in the immense South Pole-Aitken Basin, one of the largest known impact craters in the solar system, according to the China National Space Administration.

It marks the first time that samples will be collected from the rarely explored area of the Moon. The Chang'e-6 is on a technically complex 53-day mission that began on 3rd May. On Sunday, it descended from its orbit about 200 kilometers above the Moon to scour the surface for a landing site, an official at the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation said.