Chang'e-6 landing site on the far side of the Moon

Chang'e-6 lander's panoramic camera captures high-definition images of the landing site on the far side of the Moon. The Chinese spacecraft touched down in a huge crater known as the South Pole-Aitken Basin.

The European team working with the Negative Ions at the Lunar Surface (NILS) instrument confirmed the success of their scientific mission aboard the Chang’e-6 spacecraft.

The first ESA instrument to land on the Moon detected the presence of negative ions on the lunar surface produced through interactions with the solar wind.