China Moon mission

Zhou Chengyu, 24, has been lauded on social media for her work as the project's youngest commander.

The robotic probe lifts off from the lunar surface carrying samples of rock and dust to send to Earth.

The robotic Chang'e-5 probe starts work to gather lunar samples it can send to Earth for study.

The robotic Chang'e-5 probe makes a picture-perfect soft landing on the lunar nearside.

The robotic Chang'e-5 mission aims to return the first lunar rocks to Earth in more than 40 years.

With some blockbuster space missions underway, 2019 saw some amazing images beamed back to Earth.

The Chinese Chang'e-4 rover may have confirmed a longstanding idea about the origin of a vast crater on the Moon's far side.

The seeds, inside a sealed container, are the first plants ever grown on the Moon's surface.

What China's Chang'e-4 mission could tell us about the far side of the Moon.

China has successfully landed on the far side of the moon, but that is not the limit of its ambitions.

The robotic space mission is the first landing on the side of the Moon that never faces Earth.

Why are we so fascinated with the hidden, secret side of the Moon?

State media cast the landing as an achievement for the world, not just China.