Chinese space administration officials have said they intend to collect rock and soil from this notoriously difficult-to-reach region of the lunar surface for the first time in history, the CNSA said.

“Everyone is very excited that we might get a look at these rocks no-one has ever seen before,” Professor John Pernet-Fisher, who specializes in lunar geology at the University of Manchester, told the BBC.

“Applause erupted at the Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center” when the Chang’e landing craft touched down on the Moon early on Sunday morning, the Chinese state broadcaster said.

Chinese space scientists landed the Chang’e 6 craft in a crater known as the Apollo Basin. “The choice was made for the Apollo Basin’s potential value of scientific exploration, as well as the conditions of the landing area, including communication and telemetry conditions and the flatness of the terrain,” said Huang Hao, a space expert from the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp.

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A Japanese robot has successfully touched down on the Moon but problems with its solar power system mean the mission may live for just a few hours.

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“India is now on the moon,” said Indian prime Minister Narendra Modi from South Africa, as engineers celebrated the nation’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft landing on the south pole of the moon.

With the landing, India became the first country to touch down on what is thought to be the most water-rich region on the moon — a feat that has stumped Russia, which crashed its lander on the moon Saturday.

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Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/watch-india-attempt-first-ever-moon-landing-2023-8

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The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft had been in a race with Russia to be the first to land on the lunar south pole, a region whose shadowed craters are thought to contain water ice that could support a future moon settlement.

As news of the failure of Russia’s Luna-25 mission broke on Sunday, ISRO said that Chandrayaan-3 was on course to land on Aug. 23.

All systems on the spacecraft are working “perfectly” and no contingencies are anticipated on the landing day, the space agency said on Monday.

The mission – Chandrayaan means “moon vehicle” in Hindi and Sanskrit – is India’s second attempt to land on the south pole of the moon. In 2019, ISRO’s Chandrayaan-2 mission successfully deployed an orbiter but its lander crashed.

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Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/india/moon-landing-anticipation-builds-india-after-russias-crash-2023-08-21/

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