November 27, 2020
China launched the Chang'e-5 lunar probe from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern province of Hainan on Tuesday.
The Long March-5, the country's largest carrier rocket, blasted off at 4:30 a.m. Beijing time carrying the Chang'e-5 spacecraft.
Not long after China's Chang'e-5 moon sampler was launched into space, an official working at China's space program mentioned again the plan for a moon research base.
"Chang'e-6, 7 and 8 will be gradually carried out," said Xu Hongliang, Secretary General at the China National Space Administration (CNSA), China's equivalent of NASA. "An international lunar research base is also planned," he added.
(Sources: The China Report)
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