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
~1935.5 g of lunar soils
from the southern Apollo basin, northeast of SPA, on the farside