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China prepares moon probe to bring back lunar rocks – Aljazeera.com
Beijing is pouring billions into its military-run space programme, with hopes of having a crewed space station by 2022.
China is preparing to launch an unmanned spacecraft on Tuesday to bring back lunar rocks, the first attempt by any nation to retrieve samples from the moon in four decades.
Beijing is pouring billions into its military-run space programme, with hopes of having a crewed space station by 2022 and of eventually sending humans to the moon.
The Change-5 probe, named after the mythical Chinese moon goddess, aims to shovel up lunar rocks and soil to help scientists learn about the moons origins, formation…
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