![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)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/12/08/d642be171c70444998126386aef74a98.jpg)
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)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/12/08/1290088bd7eb4a1ab542793a79458bba.jpg)
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)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/12/08/203465305a90438db51371b8200e94bf.jpg)
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)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/12/08/b5231537d44a497e88547c41e618db40.jpg)
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)