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China to launch first probe to return samples from Moon’s far side

By Hector Retamal with Qian Ye WENCHANG, China, May 3, 2024 (AFP) – China is set Friday to launch a probe to collect samples from the far side of the Moon, a world first as Beijing pushes ahead with an ambitious programme that aims to send a crewed lunar mission by 2030. A rocket carrying the Chang’e-6 lunar probe is scheduled to blast off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern China’s Hainan province […]