(UPDATE) WENCHANG, China: China will launch a probe to collect samples from the far side of the Moon, as Beijing moves ahead with a program that aims to send a crewed lunar mission by 2030.

A rocket carrying the Chang'e-6 lunar probe is scheduled to blast off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern China's Hainan province just before 5:30 p.m., officials said.

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