China just made history by being the first to ever land on the far side of the moon

• For the first time in history, humans have landed a spacecraft on the far side of the moon. 
• The China National Space Administration sent its Chang'e 4 to the deepest, oldest place on the moon, the South Pole-Aitken basin. 
• The mission will study how the moon formed as well as how plants and animals grow in the moon's low-gravity.

For the first time in history, a space mission has touched down on the far side of the moon. China's Chang'e-4 probe landed in the the oldest and deepest basin on the moon's surface. Making the mission a milestone for both China and space exploration as a whole.

This isn't the first time China has landed on the moon. In 2013,  Chang'e-3 successfully touched down on Mare Imbrium, a huge lava plane on the moon's surface. But until now, China has never explored the moon's mysterious dark side. No one has.

That's actually why it's called the "dark side". It's not hidden from the sun. It's hidden from our view. That's because the Earth and moon are in what's called synchronous rotation. Which means every time the moon rotates once on its axis, it also completes one orbit around the Earth.

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