Home > Overseas MULTIMEDIA Over the moon AFP Posted at Nov 24 2020 04:12 PM Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest A Long March 5 rocket carrying China's Chang'e-5 lunar probe launches from the Wenchang Space Center on China's southern Hainan Island on Tuesday. Chang'e-5 is on a mission to bring back lunar rocks, the first attempt by any nation to retrieve samples from the moon in four decades. China launches unmanned spacecraft to Moon to collect lunar soil China to launch moon probe, seeking first lunar rock retrieval since 1970s Read More: Chang'e-5 Long March 5 rocket China lunar rocks Wenchang Space Center