China is about to visit uncharted territory on the moon

One Chinese mission will bring back the first lunar rock samples in more than four decades

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HELLO FROM THE OTHER SIDE  The farside of the moon, shown in this picture from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, is due to get its first robotic visitor soon. China’s Chang’e-4 spacecraft will launch for the region in December.

Goddard Space Flight Center/NASA, Arizona State University

China is about to make space history.