China has launched its Chang’e-5 probe into space, which will set down on the moon to collect samples from the lunar surface. The Long March-5 rocket took off around 3:35pm ET from the Wenchang launch site in Hainan province for what is a major advancement in the country’s space program. The probe is set to release a lander on the moon that will drill into surface and collect soil and rock to be transported to an ascender. The ascender will then lift off to an orbiting modular where the samples will be put in a capsule for the journey back to Earth – the missions is planned to last for 23 days. It marks the first time in four decades that any country has sought to bring rocks and debris from the moon to Earth. Scroll down for videos China has launched its Chang’e-5 probe into space, which will set down on the moon to collect samples from the lunar surface Regarded as China’s most ambitious lunar mission yet, the expedition could boost human understanding of the moon, its age and resources, and of the solar system more generally. The four modules of the Chang’e-5 spacecraft were sent into space aboard a… Read full this story
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