China probe successfully lands on far side of the Moon

China’s Chang’e-6 lunar probe has successfully landed on the far side of the Moon to collect samples in the latest leap for the country’s decades-old space programme. The Chang’e-6 set down in the immense South Pole-Aitken Basin, one of the largest known impact craters in the solar system, state news agency Xinhua reported, citing the China National Space Administration. It marks the first time that samples will be collected from the rarely explored area of the Moon. The Chang’e-6 is on a technically complex 53-day mission that began on 3 May. Now that the probe has landed, it will attempt…