Since launching its lunar program in 2004, China has conducted five robotic missions. Chang'e 5, the latest mission, arrived on the moon in late 2020 before returning to Earth with 1.7 kg of lunar rocks and soil, the first specimens from Earth's only natural satellite in 44 years.
Chinese researchers are considering launching a robotic mission to the Moon's craters, where it would land in the so-called permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) near the lunar south pole, and Beijing is ready an...
