HISTORIC MOMENT: China blasts off Chang’e-6 on world’s first ever lunar far side sample return

BLAST OFF! HEAR THE ROAR! A Chinese #LongMarch5 rocket, carrying the Chang’e-6 lunar probe, lifted off from the Wenchang Space Launch Site on May 3. Launch of the Chang’e-6 lunar far side sample return mission via Long March 5 from Wenchang. Congratulations! The Long March-5 Yao-8 carrier rocket carrying the Chang’e-6 lunar probe was successfully launched! It will collect soil rock samples from the far side of the moon and return to Earth. This is the first such mission in human history. A Long March 5 rocket, carrying the Chang’e-6 lunar probe, lifted off from the #Wenchang Space Launch Site on May 3. #ChinaSpace #ChangE6