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China is set to launch a satellite to support a future lunar rover

The rover will be the first to visit the farside of the moon

farside of the moon

NEXT STOP  China’s relay satellite will support a future mission to the farside of the moon, photographed here in 2014 by an earlier Chinese satellite called Chang’e-5T1. 

Chinese National Space Administration

By Lisa Grossman

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