June 29 , 2024
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	- China’s Chang’e-6 mission’s capsule returned by carrying the first soil samples collected from the far side of the Moon.
 
	- Thus, China became the first country to successfully bring rock and soil samples from the far side of the moon.
 
	- The probe landed in northern China in the Inner Mongolian region.
 
	- Earlier, countries like US and Russia (Soviet Union) collected samples from the moon's near side.
 

                                 
                            
                                
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