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Leonard David

NASA moon orbiter spots Chinese lander on lunar far side (photo)

A chinese spacecraft is seen as a small white spot on the moon's gray, cratered far side.

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has taken its first look at China's Chang'e 6 spacecraft on the moon's far side.

The Chang'e 6 lander is flanked by two craters similar in size to it and is on the edge of a much more subtle crater about 165 feet (50 meters) wide, reports Mark Robinson, the principal investigator of the sharp-eyed camera system onboard LRO.

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