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

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

A Chinese spacecraft landed on the far side of the moon Sunday to collect soil and rock samples that could provide insights<a ...

China said on Thursday that it is always open to space exchanges and cooperation with the United States, and called on the US ...

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 completed the most important part of its lunar adventure as its sample-loaded ascender lifted ...

The ascender has entered a pre-set orbit around the Moon after taking off from the far side this morning, the China National ...

Chang’e-6 lands on far side of the moon to collect unique lunar samples China’s Chang’e-6 mission made a successful soft ...

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

The emerging global power aims to put a person on the moon before 2030, which would make it the second nation after the ...

An ascender atop the lander will then take the samples in a metal vacuum container back to another module that is orbiting ...