China to launch Chang'e-6 lunar probe on Friday afternoon

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A Long March 5 heavy-lift carrier rocket — the biggest and mightiest space vehicle in China, standing at 20 stories and weighing 870 metric tons — blasted off from its launch pad at 5:27 pm with the 8.35-ton Chang'e 6 spacecraft aboard and soared skyward, leaving hundreds of thousands of spectators awestruck at and around the coastal Wenchang Space Launch Center.
China Daily
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Placed on top of a powerful Long March 5 rocket, the Chang'e 6 mission is due to lift off from the Wenchang Space Launch Site on southern Hainan Island at 7:30pm AEST.
Hindustan Times
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China’s Chang'e-6 is going to explore the moon’s far side and bring back precious lunar soil for scientists to study.
CNA
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China also has a three-member crew on its own orbiting space station and aims to put astronauts on the moon by 2030.
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