China launches spacecraft to collect lunar debris at the back

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China launches spacecraft to collect lunar debris at the back

China has launched a moon lander to collect lunar debris from the far side of the moon. If successful, it will be a first. The Chang'e-6 was successfully launched at the end of the evening (Dutch time) from Hainan Island in the South China Sea. The mission will last 53 days. The lander is expected to arrive in the South Pole-Aitken basin, a kilometer-deep crater with a diameter of about 2,500 kilometers. In that area, about two kilos of lunar ma…