China has become the first country to land a probe on the far side of the Moon, transmitting back images of its surface that are rarely visible from Earth.
The Chang'e-4 probe, comprising a lander and a rover, touched down at 10.26am Beijing time, according to China National Space Administration, which released images of a rocky surface around the landing site.
China’s rapidly developing space programme has mainly recreated feats achieved earlier by the US and Russia, but Chang’e-4’s landing “opened a new chapter in human lunar exploration”, the space administration said.
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