Chang’e-6 Launches into Lunar Orbit Before Attempting a Far-Side Landing
In an additional step toward gathering lunar samples, China’s Chang’e-6 lunar far side sample return spacecraft reached orbit around the moon late on Tuesday. The China National Space Administration (CNSA) said that the Chang’e-6 orbiter successfully performed a braking burn at 10:21 p.m. Eastern on May 7 (0221 UTC on May 8), slowing the probe […]
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