The search for frozen water is crucial to both China and NASA's plans to establish permanent moon bases

China is set to launch Chang’e-7 to search for frozen water near the Moon’s south pole, deploying a lander, rover and hopping probe.

In its most technologically complex lunar mission to date, China aims to search for frozen stores of water in shadowed craters near the moon’s south pole.

Robótica, Change-7 marca início dos trabalhos para estabelecimento de estação lunar

Agência diz que decisão foi tomada após uma 'avaliação abrangente'