'Humanity's First Sample Collection from the Far Side of the Moon' Launch of China's Chang'e 6 Probe

by Yoo Jaehoon

Published 03 May.2024 18:42(KST)

China has launched the lunar probe Chang'e 6, according to a report by China's Xinhua News Agency on the 3rd.

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According to the report, China's space authorities launched the Long March-5 Y8 rocket carrying the Chang'e 6 probe from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in Hainan Province.

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Chang'e 6 is expected to reach the Earth-Moon transfer orbit, collect samples from the far side of the Moon for the first time in human history, and return them to Earth.

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