Xinhua Headlines: "Bridge" in place, China ready to sample on moon's far side

Xinhua Headlines: "Bridge" in place, China ready to sample on moon's far side

(240419) -- BEIJING, April 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A Long March-8 rocket, carrying the relay satellite Queqiao-2 for Earth-Moon communications, blasts off at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in south China's Hainan Province, March 20, 2024. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

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