China’s Chang-e 6 Landed on the Dark Side of the Moon [Video]

Due to the rotation of the Moon and the Earth, we always see the same face of our satellite when we look at it from our planet. We call the side we cannot see the “dark side of the Moon”. For the first time in history, from a region we cannot see. stone and soil samples will be collected. The Chang-e 6 vehicle, which will perform this mission, successfully landed on the Moon.

The rover was sent to the South Pole-Aitiken Basin region of the Moon. robotic arm It will collect soil and rock samples through If this sample collection goes as planned, it will be completed in 14 hours. The collected samples will then be sealed in containers. Then, the samples will be sent to the satellite waiting in orbit via the ascent vehicle, and from the satellite to our planet.

What is the dark side of the moon?

The dark side of the Moon is actually quite rare. Earth’s rotation speed This situation, which occurs due to the balance between the Moon and the Moon’s rotation in orbit, causes us to always see the same face of the Moon. The darkness in the expression “dark side of the Moon” is not due to the fact that that side does not receive light, but because we have little information about it.

It was first observed by the Soviet Union’s Luna satellite in 1959. Dark side of the Moon, will be selected as a target for sampling for the first time with Chang-e 6, which takes its name from Chinese Mythology. In the future, China will continue its missions with Chang-e 7 and Chang-e 8, where it will monitor natural resource capacity and availability.