INCREDIBLE images from China's Chang’e 6 lander, which landed on the far side of the moon late on June 1 and lifted off in an ascent vehicle with the first lunar samples from the far side of the moon yesterday.
Image credit: CNSA
@skrishna real question: why is there light? isn’t the backside of the moon dark night?
@rw007 nope!! it doesn't ever face us but that side of the moon is lit by the sun. This was taken at the South Pole-Aitken basin on the moon and I believe the sun started rising there around May 27.
@skrishna ah right of course. dummy me, should read heliocentric by Galileo again (-;