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IAU approves Chinese names to identify areas on Moon – CGTN
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has approved eight Chinese names for features around the area on the Moon where China’s spacecraft Chang’e-5 probe landed last year to collect samples from the lunar surface and return to Earth.
The Chang’e-5 space mission is China’s maiden attempt to retrieve materials from an extra-terrestrial body. It was launched on November 24 last year.
It was the first attempt to bring the lunar samples in over 40 years after the US sent astronauts to the Moon to…
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