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China launches Chang’e-6 probe in world’s first mission to return samples from the far side of the moon: WATCH

China launched the Chang’e-6 lunar probe atop the Long March-5 Y8 launch vehicle from the Wenchang spacecraft launch site in southern China’s Hainan province on Friday. The lunar probe will collect samples from the far side of the moon, making this mission the first of its kind in human history.

Watch China’s Change’e-6 mission kick off:

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