A Chinese heavy-lift Chang Zheng 5 launch vehicle with a Chang’e 5 return vehicle, which is planned to land on the Moon, collect samples of lunar soil, and return with them to Earth, was launched from the cosmodrome at Hainan, a Sputnik correspondent reported.
Earlier, a Sputnik correspondent reported that the Chang’e 5 lunar mission was successfully launched from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Center in Wenchang, in China’s Hainan island province. The launch took place at 04:30 local time on Tuesday (20:30 GMT on Monday).
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