On November 23, 2020 at 20:30 UTC the Chang Zheng-5 (Long March-5) rocket-carrier was launched from Wenchang Satellite Launch Center (WSLC), located in Wenchang on Hainan Island off China’s southern coastline. The rocket orbited the “Chang’e-5” space probe toward the Moon on a 23-day mission attempting to return lunar samples to Earth for the first time in 44 years.