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Chang’e-6 - Lunar Sample data
November 21 , 2024
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- Scientists have published the first detailed analyses of the lunar soil and rock that China retrieved from the far side of the moon.
- Volcanic rock contained in the sample dates back 2.8 billion years.
- It was suggesting the uncrewed mission’s landing site was volcanically active at that time.
- The age of the basalt rock from the far side is more than 3 billion years old.
- More recent near-side samples collected by China's Chang'e-5 lunar mission in 2020 were found to be 2 billion years old.
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