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China’s Chang’e 5 probe returns to Earth with first new Moon rock samples in more than 40 years – ABC News
A Chinese lunar capsule returns to Earth with the first fresh samples of rock and debris from the Moon in more than 40 years.

A Chinese lunar capsule has returned to Earth with the first fresh samples of rock and debris from the Moon in more than 40 years.
- Chang’e collected about 2 kilograms of samples by scooping them from the surface and by drilling 2 metres into the Moon’s crust
- The rocks are thought to be billions of years younger than those obtained earlier by the US and former Soviet Union
- The mission marked China’s third successful lunar landing but the only one to lift off again from the Moon
The capsule from China’s…
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