China’s Chang’e 6 lunar probe successfully completed its historic 53-day mission on Tuesday by returning to Earth with samples from the moon’s far side.
CNN claimed, quoting Chinese broadcaster CCTV, that the mission “successfully landed” in a specified zone in the northern Inner Mongolia area of China shortly after 2 p.m. local time.
With the missin, the nation’s ambitious space program made significant progress.
The mission control room erupted in cheers when the parachute-landed module was seen on streaming.
From the control room, China National Space Administration (CNSA) head Zhang Kejian declared, “The Chang’e-6 lunar exploration mission has been a complete success.”
Researchers think the probe will be helpful in learning more about the origins and historical development of the moon.
On May 3, Chang’e-6 launched from a space center in the province of Hainan, an island on the moon. Almost exactly one month later, it plummeted into the vast South Pole-Aitken Basin.
It collected materials with a robotic arm and drill, took pictures of the surface marked with poking holes, and embedded a basalt Chinese flag in the gray dirt.
