The far side of the Moon. Credit: NASA Plans are in the works to put a probe on the far side of the moon as part of China’s Chang’e 4 mission. According to a Space.com article, scientists from China’s Key Laboratory of Lunar and Deep Space...
The Moon. Credit: NASA China is preparing to send its lunar probe, Chang’e 5, to the Moon next year. The mission will include an exploration of the Moon’s north and south poles. According to a story in the Science World Report, the lunar probe by China is...
The Moon. Credit: NASA China is likely to make it to the moon before NASA plans a trip. That’s according to a recent story published in Forbes, saying China plans to send astronauts to the moon in the next five to ten years. This would be the first manned...
China will be sending the Chang’e-4 probe to the far side of the Moon in 2018, said China’s Xinhua on Friday. “The far side of the moon is never visible to earth because of gravitational forces and has never been explored by humans,” Chief of...
Chinese Yutu rover on the Moon. Photo Credit: CNSA After becoming the third country to land a probe on the Moon, China has apparently gained an appetite for lunar firsts. The Chinese government has decided to start the development of the Chang’e-4 mission – the...