The Moon Mission

He Zhong witnessed a historic moment he will never forget. On November 24, when the rocket carrying the Chang’e-5 spacecraft blasted off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on the coast of the southern island province of Hainan, he was on site, about 2.8 km from the launching tower. He, a staff member of Chinese carmaker SAIC Motor, recorded the spacecraft soaring into the sky and shared the video.

“It was shot into space bright like the Sun,” He told . “We are very proud to see the fruits of our country’s mature aerospace technology.”