China prepares to send an unmanned aircraft to the moon by 2017 as it has successfully gained access around the moon, the Daily Beast reported.

According to China's state media, the test lunar orbiter's service module has stayed in space so that it can collect data for Change's 5 mission which is expected to land on the moon in 2017.

According to West End Story "he main objective of the mission is to gather and bring at least 2 kilograms of rock and soil samples to the Earth."

China's mission to the moon was launched late last year with an orbiter returning to Earth in November but a service module this week has entered the orbit around the moon.

The service module's aim is to determine landing area on the moon, with the module equipped with camera system to do so.

If successful, China will join Russia and United States among the countries which had successful missions on the moon.

In October, China launched a test orbiter from its Xichang Space Center and then has completed 840,000 kilometers and according to reports it has successfully done its job with collection of data in preparation for the next mission.

The lunar orbiter then released a return capsule which made its way back on Earth on November 1, 2014.

The West Side Story report stated, "the authorities reported that the service module has several support systems, and all of them are functioning well till this time. The module also contains a number of instruments which will be useful in collecting data while it orbits the moon. This information will be critical as the success of Chang'e lunar mission will be largely dependent on it."

Soviet Union was the first to land in the moon on 1959, with U.S. following suit in 1962, the countrt was also successful in sending manned spacecraft to the moon.