BEIJING — A Chinese lunar rover has driven on the far side of the moon, the national space agency announced on Friday, hailing the development as a "big step for the Chinese people". The Yutu-2 (Jade ...

China landed its Chang’e 4 spacecraft Jan. 2 at 9:26 p.m. EST following an early December launch on a Long March-3B/G3Z rocket. This is the first-ever soft landing on the lunar far side first seen by ...

A Chinese space rover explored the lunar terrain on Friday in the world's first mission on the surface of the far side of the moon. Jade Rabbit 2 drove off a ramp the previous night and onto the soft, ...

Tiny tubes just one atom thick, long thought to be the product of high‑tech laboratories, have turned up in a scoop of dirt from the far side of the Moon. The discovery, made in lunar soil returned by ...

The far side of the Moon has turned out to be far stranger than many planetary scientists expected, and the latest surprise is hiding in the dust under a Chinese rover’s wheels. Instead of behaving ...

Two mysterious, translucent glass balls have been found on the far side of the moon and scientists think they know how they got there. China's Yutu-2 rover sent back images of the objects. Glass is ...

A world-first launch from the far side of the moon this week showcased China's progress in space, and Beijing now wants its commercial sector to catch up to rivals such as Elon Musk's SpaceX. A ...

CNN — China's Chang'e-4 mission, the first to land on the far side of the moon, is shedding light on one of the moon's biggest mysteries, according to a new study. For all of the jokes suggesting the ...