Chang’e 6 Sample Return Mission to Apollo Crater in Aitken Basin
China's Chang'e 6 mission launched on May 3rd, 2024 and is a robotic mission to collect and return samples from Apollo Crater, on the far side of the Moon. The…
Chang’e 5 sample-return mission
Change 5 China's first lunar sample-return mission The Chang'e-5 mission was the most recent lunar sample-return mission conducted by humanity in four decades. The previous was the Soviet Union's Luna…
Luna 20
Location - Luna 20 - Lander and Sample Return The LUNA 20 LANDER descent stage arrived on February 21, 1972, in the lunar highlands. The next day a sample return…
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Apollo 17 – Landing Module
Location - Apollo 17 - Landing Module The Apollo 17 Mission in 1972 was the final Moon landing of NASA's Apollo program. It was also a key high point for…