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China is officially launching its Chang'e--4 rover and probe on December 8, and it's planning to land them on the far side of the moon near the South Pole.

Probing the Moon

It'll also set up a lunar container of seeds and silkworm larvae.

China to Land First-Ever Rover on Dark Side of the Moon

The Arch Foundation plans to encode important books and crowdsourced images into synthetic DNA molecules and store them on the Moon.

LUNAR LEGACY

Then it wants to deposit similar caches all over the solar system.

A Nonprofit Plans to Store Human Knowledge in DNA and Store It on the Moon

"Establishing a colony on Mars is incredibly technically challenging and expensive."

Author Of "The Martian" Says Colonizing Mars Is a Bad Idea

We need to go back more than ever.

It Turns Out That Our Moon Once Had an Atmosphere

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Humanity moving on up...to the Moon!

One-Country Space Race? Russia Starts Moon Landing Trials With Plans to Colonize by 2045

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