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This China National Space Administration (CNSA) handout image released by Xinhua News Agency shows the moon surface taken by a panoramic camera aboard the lander-ascender combination of Chang’e-6 spacecraft after it landed on the moon on June 4, 2024. China says a spacecraft carrying rock and soil samples from the far side of the moon has lifted off from the lunar surface to start its journey back to Earth. Photo: CNSA/Xinhua via AP
On June 3, the “mobile camera” carried by Chang’e-6 took a photo of the lander and ascender after autonomous movement. Photo: CNSA
In this CNSA handout image released by Xinhua News Agency, a Chinese national flag carried by the lander of Chang’e-6 probe is seen at the moon’s far side on June 4, 2024. Photo: CNSA/Xinhua via AP
Technical personnel view data sent back by the lander-ascender combination of the Chang’e-6 probe at the Beijing Aerospace Control Centre on June 2, 2024. Photo: EPA-EFE/Xinhua/Jin Liwang
On June 4, the National Space Administration released a series of images taken by the Chang’e-6 lander when it landed on the back of the moon. Photo: CNSA
The Chang’e-6 ascender carrying lunar samples took off from the back of the moon and then successfully entered the planned lunar orbit. Photo: Xinhua
After Chang’e-6 completed the sampling of the far side of the moon, the word “中” (China) appeared on the lunar surface. Photo: Weibo/人民日报
Technical personnel work at the Beijing Aerospace Control Centre on June 2, 2024. Photo: Xinhua
The rising waning crescent moon above Kuwait City on June 1, 2024. Photo: AFP
China is the only country to have landed on the far side of the moon, having also done so in 2019. Photo: Xinhua
A Long March-5 rocket, carrying the Chang’e-6 spacecraft, blasts off from its launchpad at the Wenchang Space Launch Site in south China’s Hainan province on May 3, 2024. Photo: CNSA via Xinhua
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June 4, 2024
Today in Photos

In pictures: China’s Chang’e-6 and its mission on far side of the moon

The Chang’e-6 lunar probe has successfully taken off from the far side of the moon to begin its journey...

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This China National Space Administration (CNSA) handout image released by Xinhua News Agency shows the moon surface taken by a panoramic camera aboard the lander-ascender combination of Chang’e-6 spacecraft after it landed on the moon on June 4, 2024. China says a spacecraft carrying rock and soil samples from the far side of the moon has lifted off from the lunar surface to start its journey back to Earth. Photo: CNSA/Xinhua via AP
On June 3, the “mobile camera” carried by Chang’e-6 took a photo of the lander and ascender after autonomous movement. Photo: CNSA
In this CNSA handout image released by Xinhua News Agency, a Chinese national flag carried by the lander of Chang’e-6 probe is seen at the moon’s far side on June 4, 2024. Photo: CNSA/Xinhua via AP
Technical personnel view data sent back by the lander-ascender combination of the Chang’e-6 probe at the Beijing Aerospace Control Centre on June 2, 2024. Photo: EPA-EFE/Xinhua/Jin Liwang
On June 4, the National Space Administration released a series of images taken by the Chang’e-6 lander when it landed on the back of the moon. Photo: CNSA
The Chang’e-6 ascender carrying lunar samples took off from the back of the moon and then successfully entered the planned lunar orbit. Photo: Xinhua
After Chang’e-6 completed the sampling of the far side of the moon, the word “中” (China) appeared on the lunar surface. Photo: Weibo/人民日报
Technical personnel work at the Beijing Aerospace Control Centre on June 2, 2024. Photo: Xinhua
The rising waning crescent moon above Kuwait City on June 1, 2024. Photo: AFP
China is the only country to have landed on the far side of the moon, having also done so in 2019. Photo: Xinhua
A Long March-5 rocket, carrying the Chang’e-6 spacecraft, blasts off from its launchpad at the Wenchang Space Launch Site in south China’s Hainan province on May 3, 2024. Photo: CNSA via Xinhua
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This China National Space Administration (CNSA) handout image released by Xinhua News Agency shows the moon surface taken by a panoramic camera aboard the lander-ascender combination of Chang’e-6 spacecraft after it landed on the moon on June 4, 2024. China says a spacecraft carrying rock and soil samples from the far side of the moon has lifted off from the lunar surface to start its journey back to Earth. Photo: CNSA/Xinhua via AP
On June 3, the “mobile camera” carried by Chang’e-6 took a photo of the lander and ascender after autonomous movement. Photo: CNSA
In this CNSA handout image released by Xinhua News Agency, a Chinese national flag carried by the lander of Chang’e-6 probe is seen at the moon’s far side on June 4, 2024. Photo: CNSA/Xinhua via AP
Technical personnel view data sent back by the lander-ascender combination of the Chang’e-6 probe at the Beijing Aerospace Control Centre on June 2, 2024. Photo: EPA-EFE/Xinhua/Jin Liwang
On June 4, the National Space Administration released a series of images taken by the Chang’e-6 lander when it landed on the back of the moon. Photo: CNSA
The Chang’e-6 ascender carrying lunar samples took off from the back of the moon and then successfully entered the planned lunar orbit. Photo: Xinhua
After Chang’e-6 completed the sampling of the far side of the moon, the word “中” (China) appeared on the lunar surface. Photo: Weibo/人民日报
Technical personnel work at the Beijing Aerospace Control Centre on June 2, 2024. Photo: Xinhua
The rising waning crescent moon above Kuwait City on June 1, 2024. Photo: AFP
China is the only country to have landed on the far side of the moon, having also done so in 2019. Photo: Xinhua
A Long March-5 rocket, carrying the Chang’e-6 spacecraft, blasts off from its launchpad at the Wenchang Space Launch Site in south China’s Hainan province on May 3, 2024. Photo: CNSA via Xinhua
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