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China launches Chang'e-4 probe to the moon's dark side(1/4)

2018-12-08 14:43:15 Ecns.cn Editor :Mo Hong'e

$A Long March-3B rocket carrying the Chang\'e-4 lunar probe blasts off from Xichang at 2:23 a.m. in the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China\'s Sichuan Province, Dec. 8, 2018. It opened a new chapter in China\'s lunar exploration. The probe is expected to make the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)$

A Long March-3B rocket carrying the Chang'e-4 lunar probe blasts off from Xichang at 2:23 a.m. in the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 8, 2018. It opened a new chapter in China's lunar exploration. The probe is expected to make the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)

$A Long March-3B rocket carrying the Chang\'e-4 lunar probe blasts off from Xichang at 2:23 a.m. in the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China\'s Sichuan Province, Dec. 8, 2018. It opened a new chapter in China\'s lunar exploration. The probe is expected to make the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)$

A Long March-3B rocket carrying the Chang'e-4 lunar probe blasts off from Xichang at 2:23 a.m. in the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 8, 2018. It opened a new chapter in China's lunar exploration. The probe is expected to make the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)

$A Long March-3B rocket carrying the Chang\'e-4 lunar probe blasts off from Xichang at 2:23 a.m. in the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China\'s Sichuan Province, Dec. 8, 2018. It opened a new chapter in China\'s lunar exploration. The probe is expected to make the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)$

A Long March-3B rocket carrying the Chang'e-4 lunar probe blasts off from Xichang at 2:23 a.m. in the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 8, 2018. It opened a new chapter in China's lunar exploration. The probe is expected to make the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)

$A Long March-3B rocket carrying the Chang\'e-4 lunar probe blasts off from Xichang at 2:23 a.m. in the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China\'s Sichuan Province, Dec. 8, 2018. It opened a new chapter in China\'s lunar exploration. The probe is expected to make the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)$

A Long March-3B rocket carrying the Chang'e-4 lunar probe blasts off from Xichang at 2:23 a.m. in the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 8, 2018. It opened a new chapter in China's lunar exploration. The probe is expected to make the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)