Confirmed: Chinese lunar probe lands on the dark side of the Moon in world first

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Chinese probe aims to explore Von Karman crater located within the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the Moon's far side

Chinese lunar probe Chang'e-4 has become the first man-made spacecraft to successfully land on the far side of the Moon. The probe touched down in the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) Basin at 10:26 Beij...

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