Al Jazeera English August 22, 2026 • 05:47

China’s new moon mission could unlock secret of lunar ice: Why that matters - Al Jazeera

By Sarah Shamim

The Chang’e-7 seeks to find out more about the water trapped within the moon’s shadowed craters.

China is set to launch its Change-7 unmanned, robotic space mission, possibly as early as Monday morning, to look for ice water in the permanently shadowed craters of the moons south pole.
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