China's Chang'e-6 mission collected 1,935.3 grams of samples from the moon's far side, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced on Friday. The samples were handed over to research teams from the Chinese Academy of Sciences at a ceremony held by the CNSA in Beijing. The researchers will carry out the storage and processing of the lunar samples as planned and initiate scientific research work.
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.
After the Chang'e-6 mission brought home the world's first samples collected from the moon's far side on Tuesday, Chinese scientists eagerly look forward to conducting research on the samples to uncover more mysteries of the moon. The Chang'e-6 lunar probe carried four international payloads that were developed jointly by Chinese and foreign scientists. It is conceivable that the openness of Chinese lunar exploration activities will be mirrored in the study of Chang'e-6 lunar samples.
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