Zhang Kejian (L), head of the China National Space Administration (CNSA), and Ding Chibiao, vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), unveil the sample container during the Chang'e-6 lunar sample handover ceremony in Beijing, capital of China, June 28, 2024. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)
Staff members prepare for the Chang'e-6 lunar sample handover ceremony in Beijing, capital of China, June 28, 2024. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)
Researchers weigh the Chang'e-6 lunar samples during a returner opening ceremony at the China Academy of Space Technology under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation in Beijing, capital of China, June 26, 2024. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)
Staff members transfer the container of Chang'e-6 lunar samples in Beijing, capital of China, June 28, 2024. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)
Researchers put the container of Chang'e-6 lunar samples into a protection case after a returner opening ceremony at the China Academy of Space Technology under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation in Beijing, capital of China, June 26, 2024. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)
China announced the cooperation plan for its future Chang'e-6 mission, offering to carry a total of 20 kg of solicited payloads. The orbiter and lander of the Chang'e-6 mission will each reserve 10 kg for payloads, which will be selected from both domestic colleges, universities, private enterprises and foreign scientific research institutions.
China is set to reveal the weight of the historic lunar samples collected from the far side of the moon by the Chang'e-6 mission. Unlike previous missions that gathered samples from the well-studied near side of the moon, Chang'e-6 successfully retrieved material from the far side, a region shrouded in mystery.
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