China plans to land humans on the moon by 2030. See animations of the crew on the moon with a lander and rover. Credit: China ...

China's lunar rover Yutu 2 is still active on the far side of the moon nearly six years after its historic touchdown. Earlier ...

Chang'e-4: Chinese rover exploring Moon What does China want to do on the Moon's far side? China mission lands on Moon's far side Why China has its eye on space Those temperatures were expected to ...

In 2013, China sent a rover called Yutu to the Moon, becoming the country's first successful landing on the lunar surface. In 2020, China launched a lander to the Moon again, and this time it ...

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The plant pod was just one of several experiments and scientific efforts China is undertaking with the Chang’e 4 mission, and its rover is still exploring the far side of the Moon. The ‘grand ...

China has broken out in some areas, however, bringing samples back from the lunar surface for the first time in decades and landing a rover on the less explored far side of the moon. The U.S ...

Chang'e-5's success follows China's two previous Moon landings - those of Chang'e-3 in 2013 and Chang'e-4 last year. Both of these earlier missions incorporated a static lander and small rover.

NASA partners with private companies to search for lunar water ice, a key factor for future human exploration of the moon ...

Shortly after New Year’s Day in 2019, China landed an unmanned spacecraft on the far side of the moon, where no mission had gone before. U.S. intelligence officials say they did so quietly ...

Next, the lander will release a rover that will explore the surrounding ... a space mission has touched down on the far side of the moon. China's Chang'e-4 probe landed in the the oldest and ...

During the US Apollo program, six crewed missions landed on the Moon starting with Apollo 11 in 1969, leaving a like number ...