China National Space Administration (CNSA) launched its complex and ambitious Change-6 mission Friday to collect the first ever samples from the far side of the moon, a first-of-its-kind mission in the history of discovering the moon by human.

The Long March-5Y8 rocket successfully launched from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan Province, southern China, carrying the Chang’e-6 lunar probe, which weighs eight tons, CNSA reported in a statement.

Source: Qatar News Agency