For the first time in history, a Chinese probe lands on the far side of the Moon | Science and health

ANEC, quoted by the Xinhua official news agency, said that the landing of Chang & # 4 on the moon had occurred at 10:26 am (China time, 6h26 GMT) in the planned area: the Aitken Basin, at the South Pole of Earth's satellite.

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The ultimate goal of the Chang & # 39; e program, which debuted with the launch of a first orbital probe in 2007, is a lunar mission long-lived, but no precise date yet.

The probe, which includes a module and a rover, was launched on December 8 by the Long March 3B rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. in Sichuan Province.

Four days later, Chang & # 39; e 4 entered into orbital communications between the spacecraft and the Earth are possible thanks to the Queqiao satellite, which was put into orbit last May and serves as an "information mirror" between Earth's control centers and Chang & # 39; e 4. [19659009] A Chinese probe successfully lands on the dark side of the moon

A Chinese probe successfully lands on the hidden face of the moon

A Chinese state probe successfully lands on the occult face of the moon [ThearrivalofChangontheoccultoccultationoftheMoonisqualifiedas"grandfatherfortheexplorationofspace"

Pioneering space programs such as the Soviets or the Americans were able to photograph the far side of the Moon for more than one half a century, but never.