China lands probe on moon

The Farside Von Kármán crater, where the Chang'e-4 landed. (Moon Minute Monday M3 image)

China’s Chang’e-4 lunar rover landed on the far side of the moon Thursday, the first probe to do so, state broadcaster CCTV reported.

The probe landed at 10:26 am Beijing time (0226 GMT) and relayed a photo of the “dark side” of the moon to the Queqiao satellite, which will relay communications between controllers on Earth and the far side of the moon.

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