Chang'e 6: China Makes History with Far Side Moon Samples!

Hi Spacecats, I'm Dr Maggie Lieu and welcome to my channel, where you can find all things space, astronomy and physics! China has just made history successfully returning the first-ever samples from the far side of the Moon! 🇨🇳🌑
Join me as to talk about this groundbreaking achievement and explore the science behind this lunar sample return mission. We'll discuss:

The significance of the far side of the Moon and why it's been so difficult to explore until now and what scientists hope to learn from these precious lunar samples

Links:
Chang’e 5 results:
https://academic.oup.com/nsr/advance-...

Media credits:
Chang'e 5: CNSA
Chnag'e 6: CNSA
Chang'e 4: CNSA
Odysseus: Intuitive Machines
LRO: NASA GSFC
Lava Moon: Matsopoulos/ESO/NASA SVS
Moon origin: Durham University / Kegerreis


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