China Could Be the First Country to Land on the Moon’s Far Side

The far side of the moon has long been a tantalizing whodunit . But China , a latecomer to the lunar landing plot , could soon make history as the first country to touch its aerofoil .

State medium reportsfrom China this week confirm the country ’s design to send a Chang’e-4 landing probe to the far side of the synodic month before 2020 . late investigation have imaged the far side of the moon , but if successful , China would become the first country to land on it .

With its Chang’e space vehicle series — named after the moon goddess in Formosan mythology — China has spent the last several years construct the capacity to perform an challenging lunar sample replication mission .

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InDecember 2013 , China landed a Chang’e-3 on the moon ’s Earth - facing side , becoming the third body politic in the universe to touch our nearest neighbour . Last twelvemonth , China completed its firstlunar return mission , with a Chang’e-5 trial run vehicle swing around the moon ’s far side , crack a gorgeous photo of the Earth ( above ) , and send its sample return mental faculty back home .

accord to Zou Yongliao , a scientist at the Chinese Academy of Sciences , the goal of Chang’e-4 will be to read geological experimental condition and low frequency receiving set waves . “If we can can place a frequency spectrograph on the far side , we can fill up a void , ” Yongliao say .

If that was n’t enough , the Chinese space curriculum is crawl up yet another major accomplishment this fall , with the impending launching of its newLong March 6 rocket engine . We’ll be keeping a penny-pinching eye on China ’s outer space program in the months to come , so stick tune !

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