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China is set Friday to launch a probe to collect samples from the far side of the Moon, a world first as Beijing pushes ahead with an ambitious programme that aims to send a crewed lunar mission by 2030.

A rocket carrying the Chang'e-6 lunar probe blasted off from the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in southern China's Hainan province just before 5:30 pm (0930 GMT), AFP journalists near the site said.

China is set Friday to launch a probe to collect samples from the far side of the Moon, a world first as Beijing pushes ahead with an ambitious programme that

3 May 2024, 09:27 BSTUpdated 53 minutes agoPlease enable JavaScript or try a different browser to play this contentvideo title, China has launched a probe

A rocket carrying the Chang'e-6 probe will collect lunar soil and rock samples during its 53-day mission.

China will launch a probe, Chang'e-6, to collect samples from the far side of the Moon, a world first as Beijing pushes ahead with an ambitious programme that aims to send a crewed lunar mission by 2030.

WENCHANG: China on Friday (May 3) launched an uncrewed spacecraft on a nearly two-month mission to retrieve rocks and soil from the far side of the moon, the first country to make such an ambitious attempt. The Long March-5, China's largest rocket, blasted off at 5.27pm local time from Wenchang Space

The mission builds upon the success of China's Chang'e-4 lander and rover, which became the first to land on the lunar far side in 2019. 

Scientists hope mission will collect material that could shed light on how Moon was formed.