China's Chang'e 6 mission return capsule has been transferred to Beijing and opened to access its precious cargo — samples ...

While China is slightly behind in its progress, the nation's efforts to beat the U.S. back to the moon may be gaining momentum just as NASA's own plans for a lunar return run into a speed bump.

China has successfully conducted an escape flight test on its lunar spacecraft Mengzhou, which means“dream ship” in Mandarin.

China and the U.S. are in competition with each other these days, including over the moon. Both nations say they want to send humans back to the lunar surface by sometime around the end of the decade.

The return capsule landed in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region shortly after 2 p.m. local time, ... after which China's space agency declared the mission a "complete success." ...

The return capsule of the Shenzhou-16 manned spaceship is about to touch down at the Dongfeng landing site in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Oct. 31, 2023. The return capsule of the ...

The return capsule of China's Shenzhou 19 astronaut mission descends through Earth's atmosphere on April 30, 2025. | Credit: CCTV/CMSA The Shenzhou 19 astronauts had been in space since Oct. 29 ...

Item 1 of 3 Astronaut Liu Yang waves as she is out of a return capsule of the Shenzhou-14 spacecraft, following a six-month mission on China's space station, at the Dongfeng landing site in Inner ...

All the latest science news on return capsule from Phys.org. Find the latest news, advancements, ... 3 astronauts return to Earth after 6-month stay on China's space station.

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China's Chang'e 6 mission return capsule has been transferred to Beijing and opened to access its precious cargo. The return capsule made its fiery plunge through the atmosphere on June 25 before ...