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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.

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.