About that five-star red flag now in position on the far side of the moon — it's made of basalt, a type of volcanic rock that's plentiful on the lunar surface (as well as here on Earth).
On June 2, China's Chang'e 6 robotic lander touched down in the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) Basin on the moon's mysterious far side. The Chinese national flag soon unfurled from the firmly footed Chang'e 6 lander/ascender.
