Chang'e 6 lunar sample-return probe
The Chang'e 6 robotic lunar sample-return spacecraft system comprised an orbiter, returner, lander, and ascender. It completed the first sample return from the Moon's far side in June 2024, delivering 1,935.3 grams from the Apollo Basin within the South Pole-Aitken Basin.
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- CE-6 spacecraft systemChang'e-6 probe
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- Chang'e 6
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- Chang'e 6 lunar sample-return probe
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- orbiterlandersample_returnresearch
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- retired
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- spacecraft
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- The Chang'e 6 robotic lunar sample-return spacecraft system comprised an orbiter, returner, lander, and ascender. It completed the first sample return from the Moon's far side in June 2024, delivering 1,935.3 grams from the Apollo Basin within the South Pole-Aitken Basin.
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- expendable
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- July 16, 2026 at 22:27:39 UTC
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- August 13, 2026 at 20:30:41 UTC
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