China lunar probe returns from moon carrying first ever soil samples from it’s far side

On Tuesday, China’s Chang’e-6 lunar mission achieved a milestone as its reentry capsule successfully landed in Inner Mongolia, retrieving the first samples from the moon’s far side. The capsule made its touchdown at 2:06 pm Beijing time, bringing back lunar soil that the probe had gathered earlier this month. The soil was collected from the South Pole-Aitken Basin, an impact crater that is 8 miles deep