A Chinese probe is on its way to the far side of the Moon to collect samples and drop them off at Earth in what would be a historic first. The Chang’e-6 mission launched from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center at 5:30 a.m. ET on Friday. The lunar probe was riding on board China’s largest rocket, the 57-meter-tall Long March-5. With its latest mission to the Moon , China is hoping to become the first nation to return rock and dust from the lunar far side.
The mission’s orbiter will deliver it to lunar orbit, from where a lander will attempt to touchdown on the Moon’s surface. The lander will collect samples from the basin and place them in an ascent vehicle that will be launched into lunar orbit. The vehicle will then dock with an orbiter, which will place the samples in a capsule headed for Earth.
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