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China launches probe, rover on mission to land on moon's far side [i]China has launched a robotic lunar lander and wheeled rover in an attempt to achieve the first surface exploration of the far side of the moon. The Chang'e 4 mission lifted off Friday (Dec. 7) at 1:23 p.m. EST (1823 GMT or 2:23 a.m. Beijing time on Dec. 8) on a Long March 3B rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China. If all proceeds to plan, the lander and rover is expected to touch down in Von Kármán crater, within the South Pole-Aitken Basin, after a five-day trip to the moon and then three weeks in lunar orbit, on or about Jan. 3, 2019.[/i]
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