December 14, 2018
The Chang’e 4 lunar probe launches from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Saturday. Photo: Jiang Hongjing/Xinhua/AP
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China launches pioneering mission to far side of moon
China launched a ground-breaking mission on Saturday to land a spacecraft on the largely unexplored far side of the moon, demonstrating its growing ambitions as a space power to rival Russia, the European Union and the US.
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