China launched the Long March-5 Y8 rocket from the Wenchang Space Launch on Hainan Island, sends the Chang’e-6 lunar probe to attempt to bring back samples from the far side of the moon.
This was confirmed by the China National Space Administration (CNSA). launch success after the spacecraft’s two pairs of solar panels opened smoothly, as reported by the ‘Global Times’.
The Chang’e-6 mission is part of the 4th phase of China’s lunar exploration program, whose goal is to land taikonauts on the moon before 2030.
China is also leading the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) project at the moon’s south pole with Russia. The project will see a base station built by 2035 and an extension with a space station in lunar orbit to be completed by 2045 as a center and fully functional background.
In fact, the Chinese space agency published a few days ago concept video of his future base on the moon. In addition to the ambitious vision of the moon’s evolution in the next 20 years, the video contains a disturbing detail, reports xakata.com.
The strangest thing about the CNSA video It is a rocket that appears when launched from the moon in a futuristic version of the base. It is the space shuttle used by NASA to launch astronauts into low Earth orbit between 1981 and 2011.
The interesting thing is The United States banned NASA from any cooperation with Chinaso the appearance of a retired US ship in the video is probably due to an innocent oversight by its creators.
