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EXPLAINED: China lunar probe takes off from moon carrying samples - The Real Truth

Graphic explainer of China's Chang'e-6 Moon lander which completed its lunar landing on June 2. (Credit: AFP)

A module of a Chinese lunar probe successfully took off from the far side of the Moon on Tuesday carrying samples to be taken back to Earth, state media reported.

The achievement is a world first, and the latest leap for Beijing's decades-old space programme, which aims to send a crewed mission to the Moon by 2030.

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