Chang'e-6 Lunar Soils

First Farside Sampling

The first lunar soil samples from the farside, providing key physical evidence for understanding the Moon's dichotomy.

Qian, Yuqi · Head, James W. · Michalski, Joseph R. · Gong, Shengxia · Yang, Wei · Wang, Zilong · Xiao, Long · Li, Xianhua · 74148925

Astrophysical Journal Letters 2024

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~1935.5 g of lunar soils

from the southern Apollo basin, northeast of SPA, on the farside