China’s lunar explorer Chang’e-6 is racing toward Earth 🚀 with a priceless cosmic treasure: the first-ever samples from the moon’s far side! After a nail-biting 53-day mission involving daring lunar landings and delicate orbital dances, the probe has entered its final return stage. Over 70% of its 380,000-km journey home is complete, officials confirmed.
🔭 Amateur astronomers worldwide, including Germany’s radio satellite enthusiasts, tracked the spacecraft’s progress. Now, all eyes are on Tuesday’s grand finale: a high-speed atmospheric reentry and touchdown in Inner Mongolia’s Siziwang Banner. Scientists are prepping to unlock secrets about the moon’s ‘dark side’—like why it looks so different from the face we see nightly 🌗.
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter even snapped 📸 Chang’e-6 chilling near moon craters last week! This mission isn’t just a flex for China’s space program—it’s a giant leap for humanity’s understanding of our solar system’s early days 🌌.
