Mission record
Chang'e 6
Also known as Chang'e-6
China National Space Administration · Launched
Explore trajectoryCompleted · Success
China's Chang'e 6 returned the first samples from the lunar far side after landing in the South Pole-Aitken Basin.
- Destinations
- Launch vehicle
- Long March 5
- Launch site
- Wenchang Space Launch Site
- Countries
- China
- Mission types
- Lander, Sample return
Chronology
Mission timeline
Mission architecture
Vehicles
Chang'e 6 lander · Lander
Destinations: Moon
Trajectory record
Trajectory dataset not yet available
No verified trajectory dataset is committed for this mission, so Mission Atlas renders no path.
Provenance
Sources
Each source is listed once and labeled with the mission, event, trajectory, or destination/body context it supports.
Data verified through September 4, 2026
- Robotic probe launched to lunar far side - CNSA — CNSAOther · Supports: mission claims · event claims
- China's Chang'e-6 lands on moon's far side to collect samples - CNSA — CNSAOther · Supports: mission claims · event claims
- About China's lunar mission: Timeline of Chang'e-6 mission - CNSA — CNSAOther · Supports: mission claims · event claims
- NASA’s LRO Spots China’s Chang'e 6 Spacecraft on Lunar Far Side - NASA — NASAOther · Supports: mission claims
- Moon Facts — NASAOther · Supports: destination/body context
- Planet Sizes and Locations in Our Solar System — NASAOther · Supports: destination/body context