China plans to land the Chang’e-4 lunar probe on the dark side of the moon in 2018. Photo: AFPBeijing: China is planning to establish a robot station on the moon to conduct bigger and more complicated experimental research on lunar geography, a media report said on Wednesday. The station could slash the costs of returning rock samples to Earth, said Jiao Weixin, a Peking University space science professor. China’s ambitious space programme included several manned missions, building permanent space station and reaching to Mars. China plans to land the Chang’e-4 lunar probe on the dark side of the moon in 2018, the report said.

Source: Mint December 06, 2017 03:22 UTC