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What is Chang'e 6 — First Lunar Far-Side Sample Return?

Space Resources & In-Space Manufacturing Energy, Climate, Space & Materials

As of
2026-08-20
Revision
2026-08-17.1
Method
v1.3.0

Definition

The term, in context

AI-assisted draft · approved dataset

Chang'e 6 — First Lunar Far-Side Sample Return is a Chinese robotic lunar mission that collected material from the Moon's far side and returned it to Earth, requiring a relay satellite because the far side never faces ground stations directly.

Live readiness status

Status as of the current dateline

AI-assisted assembly · derived results

As of 2026-08-20, verified readiness is 93 (claimed 100, reported 99, gap 7) — Growing evidence strength; current signals suggest Track; not yet.

The readiness fact belongs to the canonical Readiness Verdict for Chang'e 6 — First Lunar Far-Side Sample Return.

Dataset approval

Human editorial release

pragma.vision editorial — standing authorization (operator dev@soft.house, 2026-07-17)

Dataset
2026-08-17.1
Hash
sha256:0c37108a182f510fc8cf4d1dfc3a30339f2b59e62654201edea2f530a268707e
Approved
2026-08-17

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