STATUS
COMPLETED
AGENCY
China National Space Administration
MISSION TYPE
Lunar Sample Return
TARGET
Moon — Far Side
LAUNCH
3 May 2024
ARRIVAL / RETURN
Returned 25 June 2024
MISSION OVERVIEW
About the mission
Chang'e 6 was a Chinese lunar sample-return mission targeted at the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the Moon's far side. The spacecraft landed, collected samples, launched them back into lunar orbit and returned them to Earth.
OBJECTIVES
What is it trying to achieve?
01Land on the lunar far side.
02Collect surface and subsurface samples.
03Return those samples safely to Earth.
04Study the geological history of the South Pole-Aitken Basin.