The China National Space Administration (CNSA) has announced that the Chang’e-6 lunar mission will launch at a suitable moment at the start of May.
The Chang’e-6 lunar probe and the Long March-5 Y8 carrier rocket were moved vertically to the launch pad at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in the Hainan Province in south China on Saturday, according to the CNSA.
After being carefully relocated out of the vertical test building and onto a detachable launch pad, the combination was launched.
Prior to launch, the propellant filling, joint test work, and functional checks will be completed.
Assembly, testing, and other preparations were finished one after the other after the Chang’e 6 lunar probe and the Long March-5 Y8 carrier rocket, which arrived at the launch site in January and March, respectively.
The mission, which will be the first of its type in human history, is for the probe to gather samples from the far side of the moon.
