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A Long March 5 rocket, carrying the Chang'e-6 mission lunar probe, lifts off as it rains at the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in southern China's Hainan Province on May 3, 2024.
A Long March 5 rocket, carrying the Chang'e-6 mission lunar probe, at the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in southern China's Hainan Province on May 3, 2024.

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  • China launched the Chang'e-6 probe to collect samples from the far side of the moon.
  • The probe lifted off from China's Wenchang Space Launch Center at 5.37 a.m. ET. 
  • The mission forms part of China's plans to put humans on the moon by 2030. 

China on Friday launched a probe to collect samples from the far side of the moon, as it stepped up its space race against the US.

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