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China’s sample-return Moon mission touches down – BBC News
The robotic Chang’e-5 mission makes a soft landing on the lunar nearside.
By Jonathan AmosBBC Science Correspondent
image captionArtwork: The mission hopes to pick up a couple of kilos of surface materials
China has successfully put another probe on the Moon.
Its robotic
Chang’e-5 mission touched down a short while ago with the aim of collecting samples of rock and dust to bring back to Earth.
The venture has targeted Mons Rümker, a high volcanic complex in a nearside region known as Oceanus Procellarum.
The lander is expected to spend the next couple of days examining…
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