Leonard David's INSIDE OUTER SPACE

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A documentary video – “Back to the Far Side” – has been released by the China Global Television Network (CGTN) and the China National Space Administration (CNSA).

Image credit: CGTN/CNSA/Inside Outer Space screengrab

This behind-the-scenes video captures the intense and sometimes emotional outcomes from drilling and scooping up far side samples during the Chang’e-6 lunar mission.

The Chinese engineering team spent more than a decade perfecting the Moon lander operations to accumulate the samples, later rocketed back to Earth.

Image credit: CGTN/CNSA/Inside Outer Space screengrab

How this feat was achieved can be seen in this clip taken from “Back to the Far Side.”

Video at:

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2024-09-21/A-gift-from-the-moon-1x4qPPm4DYY/p.html