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China space probe carrying moon rocks begins journey home – ABC News
China’s lunar probe aims to bring back the first moon rocks in more than four decades, since a Soviet Union space mission in 1976.
A Chinese space capsule bringing back the first moon rocks in more than four decades has started its three-day return to Earth.
- The plan was for China’s space capsule to collect 2 kilograms of samples
- The material would be the first brought back since the Soviet Union’s Luna 24 probe in 1976
- China’s space program also has a mission en route to Mars underway
The Chang’e 5 lunar probe, which had been orbiting the Moon for about a week, fired up four engines for about 22 minutes to move out of the Moon’s…
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