The rocket carrying Chang’e 6 blasted off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center on May 3 at 5:27 p.m. local time.
Credit: CNSA
SINGAPORE—China has launched the Chang’e 6 lunar probe, on what it hopes will be the first mission to collect soil samples from the far side of the Moon. The Long March 5 Y8 rocket carrying Chang’e 6 lifted off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center on May 3 at 5:27 p.m. local time. This is China’s...
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