The China Space Station was pictured passing the moon in April 2024 from Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province. /CFP
The China National Space Administration (CNSA) released a photo in June 2024 showing a general view of craters on the surface of the moon captured by China's Chang'e-6 lunar probe. /CNSA via CFP
The CNSA released an image in June 2024 showing the surface of the moon captured by China's Chang'e-6 lunar probe as it landed on the moon. /CNSA via CFP
The "Our Space" Weibo account released a moon photo taken by Chinese astronaunt Chen Dong from the China Space Station on September 11, 2022. /"Our Space" Weibo account
You may be curious how the moon looks from space or from an astronaut's viewpoint. This is no longer a mystery, as China's lunar probe missions and observation stations have captured photos for further research.
The Chang'e 4 lunar probe was human's first ever mission to the far side of the moon in 2018. In 2020, China launched the Chang'e-5 lunar probe, which was the country's first sample return mission to the moon. This year, the Chang'e 6 lunar mission brought back the first samples from the far side of the moon.