10 September 2022
China’s Moon exploration plans are moving ahead smoothly, reports Leonard David on his website Inside Outer Space. He writes that Liu Jizhong, Director of the Lunar Exploration and Space Programme Center under China National Space Administration (CNSA), told media about the mission assignment for the Chang’e-6 probe. As a backup of the Chang’e-5 mission, CE-6 will endeavor to retrieve samples from the far side of the Moon and return them to the Earth.
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