Regents Professor Renu Malhotra discusses our mysterious Moon in light of China putting a lander on the lunar far side

China puts moon lander on the far side of the moon

China puts moon lander on the far side of the moon

China first put a probe on the far side of the moon in 2019, becoming the first country to do so. On June 2, China’s space program managed another feat by putting a lander there for the first time. Host Marco Werman speaks with Renu Malhotra, a planetary scientist at the University of Arizona, about what China is likely to find on the far side of the moon.

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