China launches spacecraft to retrieve moon samples

China said Tuesday that its pre-dawn launch of the Chang’e-5 rocket, which is set to retrieve rocks from the moon, was a success.

It is the first bid by any country to retrieve lunar samples since the 1970’s.
The Long March-5, China’s largest carrier rocket blasted off at 4:30 a.m. local time Tuesday from the Wenchang Space Launch Centre on the southern Chinese island of Hainan, carrying the Chang’e-5 spacecraft.

The China National Space Administration (CNSA) said in a statement the rocket flew for nearly 37 minutes before sending the spacecraft on its intended trajectory.

If the mission is completed, it will make China only the third country to have retrieved lunar samples, joining the United States and the former Soviet Union.

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