World News | A Chinese Lunar Probe Returns to Earth with the World's First Samples from the Far Side of the Moon
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. China's Chang'e 6 probe returned on Earth on Tuesday with rock and soil samples from the little-explored far side of the moon in a global first.
Beijing, Jun 25 (AP) China's Chang'e 6 probe returned on Earth on Tuesday with rock and soil samples from the little-explored far side of the moon in a global first.
The probe landed in northern China on Tuesday afternoon.
Chinese scientists anticipate the returned samples will include 2.5-million year old volcanic rock and other material that scientists hope will answer questions about geographic differences on the moon's two sides. (AP)
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