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Whose spacecraft first reached the far side of the Moon?
Quick Answer
Chang’e 4 achieved the first soft landing on the Moon’s far side in 2019. It used the Queqiao relay satellite to communicate with Earth.
The Full Story
China’s Chang’e 4 mission became the first spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon’s far side on 3 January 2019. Because the far side never faces Earth, the mission needed the Queqiao relay satellite at the Earth-Moon L2 point to send data back home. The lander and rover, Yutu-2, have studied the lunar surface and geology there. It was a landmark in modern lunar exploration.
Key Facts
1.Landing date: 3 January 2019
2.It was the first far-side soft landing
3.Queqiao provided communications relay
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