Yang noted that the ascender's liftoff from the lunar far side was a challenging task, because it needed precision planning ...

After the successful docking, the ascender began the automated transfer of the sealed sample canisters to a re-entry capsule ...

The Chang'e 6 mission's two spacecraft docked on Thursday (June 6) in lunar orbit. Samples of the moon's far side were ...

China's space agency said its Chang-e 6 mission on Tuesday lifted off from the far side of the moon, as it begins its journey ...

China says a spacecraft carrying rock and soil samples from the far side of the moon has lifted off from the lunar surface to ...

NASA has selected ten studies aimed at finding more affordable and quicker means of retrieving samples collected from the ...

After flying in a lunar orbit for about 56 hours, the sample-loaded ascender of the Chang'e 6 probe docked with the ...

After flying in a lunar orbit for about 56 hours, the sample-loaded ascender of the Chang'e 6 probe docked with the ...

On Wednesday, a vehicle loaded with roughly 4.5 pounds of lunar material launched and docked with the mission’s orbiter.

China's Chang'e 6 mission has scooped up samples from the moon and has now taken off from the lunar surface, headed back to ...

A simulation at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center shows the Chang'e 6 ascender, carrying lunar rock and dust samples, lifting off from the moon's far side on Tuesday morning. JIN LIWANG/XINHUA ...