China makes history as the first to land a spacecraft on the far side of the moon
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/02/china-lands-change-4-spacecraft-first-on-far-side-of-the-moon.html
China successfully landed the Chang'e 4 spacecraft on the far side of the moon on Thursday morning, Beijing time, according to state news agency Xinhua, becoming the first in history to touch the lunar surface unseen by those on Earth.
The Chang'e 4 mission launched in early December. It took the spacecraft three days to travel to the moon, where it spent the last few weeks in orbit preparing for touch down on the Von Karman crater. The crater is a relatively flat spot on the moon's far side.
China makes history as the first to land a spacecraft on the far side of the moon
Jan 3, 2019, 5:15am UTC
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/02/china-lands-change-4-spacecraft-first-on-far-side-of-the-moon.html
> China successfully landed the Chang'e 4 spacecraft on the far side of the moon on Thursday morning, Beijing time, according to state news agency Xinhua, becoming the first in history to touch the lunar surface unseen by those on Earth.
> The Chang'e 4 mission launched in early December. It took the spacecraft three days to travel to the moon, where it spent the last few weeks in orbit preparing for touch down on the Von Karman crater. The crater is a relatively flat spot on the moon's far side.