China aims to launch Chang'e-6 lunar probe around 2024 Xinhua | Updated: 2021-04-25 00:28 Share CLOSE Photo taken by the rover Yutu 2 (Jade Rabbit 2) on Jan 11, 2019 shows the lander of the Chang'e 4 probe. [Photo/Xinhua/China National Space Administration] NANJING -- China aims to launch the Chang'e-6 probe to collect samples in the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the far side of the moon around 2024, said a space expert on Saturday. Hu Hao, the chief designer of the third stage of China's lunar exploration program, told the China Space Conference, held in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, that detailed designing on the mission is in progress.