China to 3D-print bricks on the moon using lunar dirt in 2028 to pave way for future base (video) China's next-gen astronaut capsule for moon missions aces crucial pad-abort test (video) ...

China’s Chang’e 6 mission even carried a flag made of basalt, a type of rock common on the moon, as a way to demonstrate how ...

The news described the first successful test flight of a fully 3D-printed jet engine, made by Aero Engines Corporation of ...

China's Chang'e-6 has unfurled the first flag to be flown on the dark side of the moon before returning to Earth with valuable rock samples that could reveal the moon's ancient history.

A large screen shows news video of a Chinese national flag carried by the Chang'e-6 lunar probe's lander on the far side of the moon, in Beijing, China, June 4, 2024. Tingshu Wang/REUTERS ...

It's China's second sample return mission to the Moon, and the fourth to its surface, including two rovers. The flag itself differs greatly from the ones we fly back on Earth.

China’s Chang’e 6 mission even carried a flag made of basalt, a type of rock common on the moon, as a way to demonstrate how lunar materials could be used in creating objects locally. (The ...