Scientists gained the much-needed farside lunar samples when the Chang'e-6 mission collected 1,935.3 grams of lunar samples from the South Pole-Aitken Basin on June 25, 2024.

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The Chang’e 5 lunar mission returned to Earth early Thursday morning with the first moon samples in 44 years, making China the third country to have achieved this, state media announced.