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Chang’e 4

2013–2020: New Spacefaring Nations and Sample Return

Chang’e 4

First soft landing on the lunar far side.

Era 5 of 6 · full record in the catalog

Launch
year known only: 2019
Lead / partner
China
Target
Moon far side
Category
Lander / rover
Status
Success
Vehicle
unknown
Mass
unknown
Orbit / trajectory
unknown

Why it happened

Chang’e 4 flew during 2013–2020: New Spacefaring Nations and Sample Return, as part of China's work toward moon far side. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.

The mission

The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: First soft landing on the lunar far side.

Results

First soft landing on the lunar far side.

Related missions

Chang’e 4 Chang’e 6 — same_target Chang’e 6 Chandrayaan-3 — same_program Chandrayaan-3 Chang’e 3 / Yutu — same_program Chang’e 3 / Y… CHEOPS — competitor CHEOPS

Sources & image credits

  • NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Sci, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-24)
  • Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
  • Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog