China launches spacecraft to explore far side of moon



The launch of a mission to the moon by China was the latest move in a renewed space race. The unmanned mission will collect lunar samples from the far side of the moon in an effort to learn more about the moon’s origins. NBC News’ Janis Mackey Frayer reports.

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28 thoughts on “China launches spacecraft to explore far side of moon”

  1. NASA director Bill Nelson just made NASA an international laughing stock by claiming that farside is in permanent darkness and he had no clue why Chinese want to go there. What incompetence

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  2. I think instrad of lying aboit m8ssions to the moon and mars its time to come clear and be more accountable and disclose more dtails by all those in the space race as to what those datellites are actially inteded to acheive. The globe has seen an unprecedented shift in the weather, where more extreme wether is being witnessed across the globe. From severe heat to fpash floodings and more. Are these sattelites some how being used to manipulate the wetather and cause extreme heat in the weather by redirecting solar and lunar rays more onto earth.

    Cos almost everyday for the past so many years sattelites and rockets and who knows what else had been launched from earth on a daily basis with accountability or disclosure as to what technolagies are being transported into earth by selling pipe dreams and fooling ppl abt conquering mars and tge moon. So ot high time their is accountability, tracoabipty, disclosures and transperance around this topic

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  3. How can they see in the far side of the moon?, According to the NASA chief, the far side of the moon is always dark. 😮 . (Nelson, the NASA head said this in front of the congressmen during a budget meeting.) 😅 😅 😅

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  4. Chang'e 6 mission will attempt to obtain the first-ever soil and rock samples from the lunar far side and return it to the Earth.

    The primary phase of the mission is expected to last about 53 days.

    The Chinese Lunar Exploration Program is designed to be conducted in four phases of incremental technological advancement.

    The goal of the first phase is to reach lunar orbit, this was completed by Chang’e 1 in 2007.

    The second phase of Chang’e 2 seeks to land and rove on the Moon, in 2010.

    Chang’e 3 succeeded in landing on the moon in 2013 and Chang’e 4 in 2019.

    The third phase involves Change’s 5 collecting of lunar samples and sending them to Earth in 2020.

    The fourth phase consists of the development of a robotic research station near the Moon's south pole as well as to facilitate crewed lunar landings in the 2030s and possibly build a crewed outpost near the lunar south pole. China ready to launch lunar far side sample return mission

    Chang’e-6 aims to achieve breakthroughs in the design and control technology of the Moon’s retrograde orbit, intelligent sampling, take-off and ascent technologies, and automatic sample-return on the far side of the moon.

    Chang'e 6 is a planned robotic Chinese and Pakistani lunar exploration.

    The mission will also include international scientific payloads from France, Sweden, Italy, and a Pakistani cubesat. The collaborations reflect Chinese efforts to boost its international cooperation in space exploration. 

    12 countries and organizations express willingness to deepen space cooperation before Chang’e-6 launch

    Around 50 guests from 12 countries’ space agencies including Pakistan, France, and Italy, as well as representatives from the United Nations and the European Space Agency expressed on Friday willingness to seek cooperation with China in lunar and deep space exploration.

    The Chang’e-6 mission will carry a number of international payloads to the Moon, including the European Space Agency's lunar surface ion analyzer, France's radon detection instrument, Italy's laser corner reflector, and a CubeSat from Pakistan. 

    The participants expressed willingness to seek new cooperation in lunar and deep space exploration with China. 

    China is willing to work with more countries to expand human knowledge on space, enhance the well-being of all human kind, and serve the advancement of human civilization.

    The Chang'e-6 mission is tasked with collecting and returning samples from the moon's mysterious far side, the first endeavor of its kind in the history of human lunar exploration.

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  5. Now that China launched a ship to the moon, I won't be surprised if NASA soon comes up with a story about what it has been up to lately or about a new stunt SpaceX or some other private tech company is about to pull off in a bid to counter news of the Chinese project.🙂

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  6. All the CCP shills in the comments absolutely seething that 🇺🇲 landed men first on the moon 😂, repeat your conspiracies all you like but with all the probes China has sent to the moon they would have already notified the world with evidence if they saw nothing at all 6 Apollo landing sites. For the immense propoganda victory that would be for them.

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  7. "A lazy rain am I
    The skies refuse to cry
    Cremation takes its piece of your supply
    The night is dressed like noon
    A sailor spoke too soon
    And China's on the dark side of the moon"

    That weird Red Hot Chili Peppers song is coming true 😂

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  8. And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh it the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the Lord? Exodus Chapter 4 Verse 11

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