China has revealed details about a miniature rover tucked away on the country's pioneering Chang'e 6 lunar far side sample-return mission. Skip to main content Open menu Close menu ...

After Jinchan took its image, an ascent vehicle blasted off from atop the Chang'e 6 lander on June 24, carrying 68.27 ounces (1,935.3 grams) of precious samples into lunar orbit.

A tiny, previously undisclosed lunar rover has been spotted strapped to the side of China's moon-bound Chang'e 6 lander in newly released pre-launch photos. The true purpose of the rover, which is ...

China's national flag is seen unfurled from the Chang'e-5 spacecraft on the moon, in this handout image provided by China National Space Administration (CNSA) on December 4, 2020.

The robotic Chang'e 6 mission touched down inside Apollo Crater, within the giant South Pole-Aitken basin, at 6:23 a.m. Beijing Time on Sunday (June 2) , according to Chinese space officials. It ...

China's enormous space industry has ambitions far beyond Change-6's lunar sample return (Credit: Getty Images) "The lunar south pole is the destination to be heading to to prepare for when we send ...

China recently landed the first-ever robotic mission on the far side (not "dark side") of the moon, called Chang'e 4.NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, a moon satellite, photographed the Chinese ...

ESA-China moon cooperation could end with Chang’e-6 European-Chinese cooperation in lunar exploration could come to an end despite successful collaboration in the ongoing Chang’e-6 mission.

China launched its Chang’e 6 lunar probe Friday in a first-of-its-kind mission to bring back samples from the far side of the moon.

China’s ambitious space programme aims to put astronauts on the moon by 2030, to bring back samples from Mars around the same time, and to launch three lunar probe missions over the next four years.