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BEIJING China will send a robotic spacecraft in the coming days on a round trip to the Moon's far side in the first of three technically demanding missions that will pave the way for an inaugural Chinese crewed landing and a base on the lunar south pole. Since the first Chang'e mission in 2007, named after the mythical Chinese.