‘Located on sea of cooled volcanic rock’: Nasa moon orbiter captures Chinese spacecraft on lunar far side – Times of India
Nasa's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured its first glimpse of the Chinese Chang'e 6 spacecraft, which is currently situated on the far side of the moon, the spacecraft appears as a small group of bright pixels in the center of the image taken by the LRO on June 7, 2024.The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured images of China's Chang'e 6 sample-return spacecraft on the lunar far side, five days after its successful landing, as per Nasa reports.The landing site of Chang'e 6 is located on a mare unit, which is a "sea" of cooled volcanic rock, situated at the southern edge of the Apollo basin. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) team determined the precise landing site coordinates to be minus 41.6385 degrees north latitude and 206.0148 degrees east longitude, at ...