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Will these be the building blocks of China’s base on the moon?

Researchers in Wuhan simulate lunar soil to create what could become the foundations of a space outpost.

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China’s Chang’e-6 reveals greyer, rockier soil from far side of the moon

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Hong Kong researchers eye far side of moon soil samples from Chang’e-6 mission

Polytechnic University also says it recently secured loan of lunar soil samples collected by Chang’e-5 mission in 2020.

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The space resources laboratory of PolyU’s Deep Space Exploration Research Centre has set up a lunar soil sample storage and analysis facility. Photo: May Tse

China’s lunar probe brought back 1.9kg of rock samples, space agency says

The samples, collected from the unexplored far side of the moon, were handed over to the Chinese Academy of Sciences on Friday.

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Lunar samples: China calls on US to ‘remove obstacles’ to space cooperation

Scientists from around the world are welcome to study samples from the far side of the moon brought back by Chang’e-6 probe, officials say.

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China to study rocks from moon’s far side in world first

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China’s Chang’e-6 mission returns to Earth with historic lunar far side cargo

Re-entry capsule touches down safely in Inner Mongolia with the first samples ever retrieved from the moon’s rough, mysterious side.

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Will China’s moon sample paper be in English or Chinese? Here’s why it matters

The Chang’e-6 mission’s cargo is expected to yield a wealth of research but debate is growing about what language it will be published in first.

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China’s Chang’e-6 selfie from moon’s far side taken with AI

The autonomous four-wheeled mini-rover is ‘a testament’ to the software team’s breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, state media said.

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Chinese state media has confirmed that artificial intelligence was used by the Chang’e-6 mission’s mini-rover to take this image on the surface of the moon’s far side. Photo: CNSA

China lunar lander collects first ‘far side’ rock samples

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‘First time in history’: China’s Chang’e-6 probe lifts off from moon’s far side

China’s space authority says the ascent vehicle left the lunar surface at 7.38am with around 2kg of specimens.

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What is China’s Chang’e-6 doing on the moon?

China’s Chang’e-6 lander touches down on far side of moon on rock sample mission

Probe lands on the South Pole-Aitken basin and will start collecting the first samples from this part of the moon.

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China has landed a spacecraft on the moon’s far side for a second time. Photo: CCTV

China’s Chang’e-6 blasts off to fetch samples from far side of the moon

Chinese spacecraft begins 53-day journey to collect soil and rocks and bring them back to Earth for scientific study.

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The Chang’e 6 spacecraft lifts off aboard a Long March 5 rocket from the southern island province of Hainan on Friday. Photo: AFP

3 Chinese satellites enter lunar orbit, fate of 2 that fell short isn’t clear

Queqiao-2 communication relay satellite arrived 440km above the moon’s surface early on Monday, says CNSA; state media says ‘work is under way to address’ DRO-A/B satellites that failed to reach their designated altitude after March 13 launch.

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In 2024, China plans 100 rocket launches to send 300 spacecraft into orbit

About 70 launches will be conducted by CASC and others will be commercial launches, according to annual blue book.

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US-China space race fuelled by lunar landings and orbital ‘parking spots’

Geopolitical rivals take competition to celestial heights, with satellite positioning and control of ideal routes between Earth and the moon at stake.

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Beleaguered Peregrine mission could put US behind China in moon race: expert

It may be a good idea to test out propulsion and lander technologies first in space, author and space policy expert at Arizona State University says.

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China’s next space mission set to reveal secrets from the far side of the moon

Chang’e 6, the next mission in China’s moon programme, should launch in 2024. It will carry science payloads and satellites, and return more moon rocks to Earth.

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Luna-25 crash not expected to break up China-Russia moon base partnership

Robotic probe was the first in a series of Russian missions planned as part of ILRS project but spun out of control and collided with the lunar surface on Saturday.

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On August 11, Russia’s Luna-25 launches from Vostochny Cosmodrome. The spacecraft reported an “emergency situation on board” before contact was lost and it “ceased to exist”, Roscosmos said on Saturday. Photo: Roscosmos

Why did lava flow on ‘cold and dead’ moon? Chinese scientists find clues

Volcanic eruptions may explain 2-billion-year-old lava rocks retrieved from the lunar surface during China’s Chang’e 5 mission.

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Scientists in China analysed rock samples from the Apollo and Chang’e lunar missions to better understand when the moon cooled and hardened. Photo: Shutterstock

Could a small device give oxygen to China’s moon base ambitions?

Using lunar soil as a catalyst, scientists hope to test a life-support system for astronauts in space.

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China’s next space goal: to target a dangerous asteroid

Space official says scientists will look at near-Earth asteroids over the next few years and aim for the most threatening.

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China ‘hopes to start exploratory work on moon base by 2024’

Wu Weiren said the next phase of the Chang’e lunar project aims to launch a spacecraft to begin surveying the south pole within 2 years

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The Chang’e 4 mission saw China put a lander on the far side of the moon. Photo: AP
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China is expected to launch its next robot lunar lander in 2024, with Chang’e-6 collecting samples near the lunar south pole before returning to Earth.
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9 September, 2024
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