China puts moon lander on the far side of the moon

China first put a probe on the far side of the moon in 2019, becoming the first country to do so. Over the weekend, China’s space program managed another feat by putting a lander there for the first time. Host Marco Werman speaks with Renu Malhotra, a planetary scientist at the University of Arizona, about what China is likely to find on the far side of the moon.

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