The reporter learned from the China National Space Administration that at 7:38 on June 4, the Chang'e-6 ascender carrying lunar samples lifted off from the far side of the Moon. After the 3000N engine operated for about 6 minutes, it successfully sent the ascender into the predetermined lunar orbit.

　　From June 2 to 3, Chang'e-6 successfully completed intelligent and rapid sampling in the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the far side of the Moon, and encapsulated and stored the precious far-side lunar samples in the storage device carried by the ascender in the predetermined manner. During the sampling and encapsulation process, researchers in ground laboratories, based on detector data transmitted back by the Queqiao-2 relay satellite, simulated the geographic model of the sampling area and simulated sampling, providing important support for sampling decisions and operations at each stage.

　　Intelligent sampling is one of the core key links of the Chang'e-6 mission. The probe withstood the high-temperature test on the far side of the Moon, and collected lunar samples through two methods—drilling with a drill tool and surface sampling with a robotic arm—achieving multi-point and diversified automatic sampling.

　　Various effective payloads configured on the Chang'e-6 lander, including the landing camera, panoramic camera, lunar soil structure detector, and lunar mineral spectral analyzer, were started normally and carried out scientific exploration as planned, playing an important role in scientific exploration tasks such as detection and research of lunar surface morphology and mineral composition, and detection of the Moon's shallow structure. Before the probe's drilling and sampling, the lunar soil structure detector analyzed and judged the subsurface lunar soil structure in the sampling area, providing a data reference for sampling.

　　International payloads carried by the Chang'e-6 lander, such as the European Space Agency's lunar surface negative ion analyzer and France's lunar radon detector, worked normally and carried out corresponding scientific exploration tasks. Among them, the French lunar radon detector was powered on during the Earth-Moon transfer, lunar orbit, and lunar surface operation stages; the European Space Agency's lunar surface negative ion analyzer was powered on during the lunar surface operation stage. The Italian laser corner reflector installed on top of the lander became a position control point on the far side of the Moon that can be used for distance measurement.

　　After the surface sampling was completed, the five-star red flag carried by the Chang'e-6 lander was successfully unfurled on the far side of the Moon. This is China's first independent and dynamic display of the national flag on the far side of the Moon. The flag is made of new composite materials and special craftsmanship. Due to the different landing location, the Chang'e-6 flag display system was adaptively improved on the basis of the Chang'e-5 mission.

　　Compared with launching from the ground, the Chang'e-6 ascender does not have a fixed launch tower system, but uses the lander as a "temporary tower." Compared with the Chang'e-5 lunar surface launch, Chang'e-6 lifted off from the far side of the Moon and could not directly receive ground telemetry and control support. Instead, with the assistance of the Queqiao-2 relay satellite, it needed to use its own special sensors to achieve autonomous positioning and attitude determination, making the engineering implementation more difficult. After the Chang'e-6 ascender ignited and lifted off, it successively went through three stages—vertical ascent, attitude adjustment, and orbit injection—and smoothly entered the predetermined lunar flight orbit.

　　Subsequently, the ascender will conduct a lunar orbit rendezvous and docking with the orbiter and returner combination waiting in lunar orbit, and transfer the lunar samples to the returner; the orbiter and returner combination will fly around the Moon, wait for an appropriate return opportunity to carry out the Moon-Earth transfer, and near Earth the returner will carry the lunar samples to re-enter the atmosphere, with a planned landing at the Siziwang Banner landing site in Inner Mongolia.

　　On May 3, the Chang'e-6 probe was launched into space, beginning its journey to the Moon. After undergoing near-Moon braking and the separation of the lander and ascender combination from the orbiter and returner combination, it successfully landed on June 2 in the preselected landing area in the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the far side of the Moon.