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Chinese spacecraft takes off from moon with samples – ecns
A Chinese spacecraft carrying the country’s first lunar samples blasted off from the moon late Thursday, the China National Space Administration announced.
Provided by China National Space Administration
A Chinese spacecraft carrying the country’s first lunar samples blasted off from the moon late Thursday, the China National Space Administration announced.
This represented the first-ever Chinese spacecraft to take off from an extraterrestrial body.
China’s Chang’e-5 probe, comprising an orbiter, a lander, an ascender and a returner, was launched on Nov. 24, and its lander-ascender combination touched down on the north of the Mons Rumker in Oceanus…
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