This photo taken on Nov 17, 2020 shows the Long March 5 rocket, which will launch China's Chang'e-5 lunar probe on Tuesday (Nov 24), being vertically transported to the launching area at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in southern China's Hainan province. - AFP
Beijing, Nov 23, 2020 (AFP): China is preparing to launch an unmanned spacecraft on Tuesday to bring back lunar rocks, the first attempt by any nation to retrieve samples from the moon in four decades.
Beijing is pouring billions into its military-run space programme, with hopes of having a crewed space station by 2022 and of eventually sending humans to the moon.
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