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China’s Chang’e 5 mission lands on moon to retrieve lunar samples
A Chinese robot probe has successfully landed on the moon, the Chinese Government has announced.
Key points:
- The uncrewed mission aims to collect lunar samples from an area called the Ocean of Storms
- The samples will help scientists learn more about the moon’s origins
- If successful, it would make China only the third nation to retrieve lunar samples
It was part of a historic mission to retrieve lunar surface samples, which will help scientists learn more about the moon’s origins.
The probe adds to a string of increasingly ambitious operations by China’s space program that aims eventually to land a human on the moon.
China launched the Chang’e-5 probe on November 24.
The uncrewed mission, named after the mythical Chinese goddess of the moon,…
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