# China donates Chang’e-6 far-side lunar sample to UN

https://mins.news/en/item/60275

- CGTN, 2026-09-15 06:58 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-09-15/China-donates-sample-from-far-side-of-the-moon-to-the-UN-1Qs9mtw3UfS/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=World

> China has given the United Nations a lunar soil sample collected by the Chang’e-6 mission from the far side of the Moon. Taken from the South Pole-Aitken Basin, part of a 1,935.3-gram haul described as a first for humanity, it will be permanently displayed at UN headquarters in Vienna.

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