The Change-6 mission launched from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center at 5:30 a.m.
The lunar probe was riding on board Chinas largest rocket, the 57-meter-tall Long March-5.
This crater may have exposed parts of the Moons mantle by blasting it to the surface.
The lunar far side.Image: NASA-JPL
China has had tremendous success with its lunar missions so far.
The gear will be used to measure the distance between Earth and the Moon.
The probe is expected to land on the Moon in early June.
The Long March 5, carrying China’s Chang’e-6 lunar mission, lifting off from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center in south China’s Hainan province Friday, May 03, 2024.Photo: FeatureChina (AP)
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In 1959, Russia’s Luna 3 mission captured the first close-up images of the far side of the Moon.Image: NASA
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