China rocket blasts off for far side of Moon - BBC News

A rocket carrying the Chang'e-6 probe will collect lunar soil and rock samples during its 53-day mission.

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China has launched a probe which intends to collect the first samples from the far side of the Moon.

China has launched a probe to collect samples from the far side of the Moon, in what is being billed a world first.

An uncrewed rocket carrying the Chang'e-6 probe blasted off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center at about 17:27 local time (10:27 BST).

The 53-day mission aims to bring around two kilograms of lunar samples to Earth for analysis.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-68949208

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