A Chinese spacecraft lands on moon’s far side to collect rocks in growing space rivalry with U.S.

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A ******** spacecraft lands on moon’s far side to collect rocks in growing space rivalry with U.S.

China’s Chang’e-6 lunar mission rocket prepares to lift off from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center in south China’s Hainan province.

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 landed on the far side of the moon Sunday to collect soil and rock samples that could provide insights into differences between the less-explored region and the better-known near side.

The landing module touched down at 6:23 a.m. Beijing time in a huge crater known as the South Pole-Aitken Basin, the China National Space Administration said.

The mission is the sixth in the Chang’e moon exploration program, which is named after a ******** moon goddess. It is the second designed to bring back samples, following the 

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, which did so from the near side in 2020.

The moon program is part of a growing rivalry with the U.S. — still the leader in space exploration — and others, including 

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 and India. China has put its own space station in orbit and regularly 

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 there.

The emerging global power aims 

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 before 2030, which would make it the second nation after the ******* States to do so. America is planning to land astronauts on the moon again — for the first time in more than 50 years — though NASA 

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 to 2026 earlier this year.

U.S. efforts to use private sector rockets to launch spacecraft have been repeatedly delayed. Last-minute computer trouble 

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 of Boeing’s first astronaut flight Saturday.

Earlier Saturday, a ********* billionaire 

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 to orbit the moon because of uncertainty over the development of 

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 by SpaceX. NASA is planning to use the rocket to send its astronauts to the moon.

In China’s current mission, the lander is to use a mechanical arm and a drill to gather up to 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds) of surface and underground material for about two days.

An ascender atop the lander will then take the samples in a metal vacuum container back to another module that is orbiting the moon. The container will be transferred to a re-entry capsule that is due to return to Earth in the deserts of China’s Inner Mongolia region about June 25.

Missions to the moon’s far side are more difficult because it doesn’t face the Earth, requiring a relay satellite to maintain communications. The terrain is also more rugged, with fewer flat areas to land.

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