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Chang'e 6
Chang’e 6 is a Chinese space mission successfully delivering lunar samples from the Moon’s far side in December 2024. This represents the first time a robotic spacecraft has collected and returned material from this permanently shadowed region. The mission's data and samples are valuable for scienti...
apps Top Chang'e 6 Alternatives
The top alternative to Chang'e 6 in 2026 is OSIRIS-REx with a score of 9.3/10, followed by Luna 9 (9.2) and Chang'e 4 (9.2).
OSIRIS-REx
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft undertook a NASA mission to study the asteroid Bennu. Launched in 2016, it successfully collec...
Luna 9
The Luna 9 mission represents a significant achievement in early space exploration. Launched by the Soviet Union in 1966...
Chang'e 4
Chang’e 4 is a Chinese space mission successfully deploying a lander and rover to explore the Moon’s far side. This achi...
Luna 2
The Luna 2 mission, launched by the Soviet Union in 1959, represents a pivotal moment in space exploration. It achieved...
Chang'e 5
The Chang’e 5 spacecraft represents a significant achievement in space exploration. Launched by China in 2020, it succes...
Luna 3
Luna 3 was a Soviet space mission launched in 1959. It achieved a unique flyby trajectory around the Moon, capturing the...
Chandrayaan-3
Chandrayaan-3 is an Indian space mission involving a lander and rover designed for exploration of the Moon’s surface. It...
Luna 17
The Luna 17 mission represents a significant achievement in space exploration. Launched by the Soviet Union in 1970, it...
Hayabusa
The Hayabusa mission, developed by JAXA, successfully retrieved microscopic samples from the asteroid Itokawa in 2010. T...
Surveyor 1
Surveyor 1 was a NASA lunar lander that soft-landed in 1966, proving landing techniques needed before Apollo crewed miss...
Shenzhou 5
Shenzhou 5 was China's 2003 first crewed spaceflight, carrying Yang Liwei and making China the third country to launch a...
Luna 10
Luna 10 was a Soviet spacecraft that entered lunar orbit in 1966, becoming the first artificial satellite of the Moon an...
Chandrayaan-1
Chandrayaan-1 was India's first lunar probe, launched in 2008 by ISRO and notable for helping confirm water molecules on...
Luna 16
Luna 16 was a Soviet robotic lunar mission that returned 101 grams of Moon soil to Earth in 1970, the first automated lu...
Luna 24
Luna 24 was a Soviet sample return mission that drilled lunar soil and brought it to Earth in 1976, the last Luna missio...
Chang'e 3
Chang'e 3 was China's 2013 lunar lander that delivered the Yutu rover, marking the first soft landing on the Moon since...
Queqiao-2
Queqiao-2 is China's 2024 lunar relay satellite, placed to support far-side and south-pole missions including Chang'e 6.
Chang'e 2
Chang'e 2 was China's 2010 lunar orbiter, later sent beyond the Moon to fly by asteroid 4179 Toutatis and test deep-spac...
Chang'e 5-T1
Chang'e 5-T1 was China's 2014 test mission that sent a return capsule around the Moon to validate high-speed Earth reent...
Chang'e 1
Chang'e 1 was China's first lunar orbiter, launched in 2007 to map the Moon and begin the country's robotic lunar explor...
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