China's Chang'e-6 lands on moon's far side to collect samples
STORY: China's Chang'e-6 lands on moon's far side to collect samples
SHOOTING TIME: June 2, 2024
DATELINE: June 2, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:02
LOCATION: Beijing
CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY/SCIENCE
SHOTLIST:
1. footage of Chang'e-6 touching down on the far side of the moon
2. launching of Chang'e-6 on May 3
STORYLINE:
China's Chang'e-6 touched down on the far side of the moon on Sunday morning, and will collect samples from this rarely explored terrain for the first time in human history, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced.
Supported by the Queqiao-2 relay satellite, the lander-ascender combination of the Chang'e-6 probe successfully landed at the designated landing area at 6:23 a.m. (Beijing Time) in the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) Basin.
Chang'e-6 consists of an orbiter, a returner, a lander and an ascender. Since its launch on May 3 this year, it has gone through various stages such as Earth-moon transfer, near-moon braking, lunar orbiting and landing descent.
The CNSA said the lander-asce
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