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Lunar soil samples go on display at National Museum of China – CGTN

The lunar soil collected by China’s Chang’e-5 lunar lander in 2020, made its public debut at the National Museum of China in Beijing on Saturday.

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A hundred grams of lunar soil collected by China’s Chang’e-5 lunar lander in 2020 made its public debut at the opening ceremony in the National Museum of China in Beijing on Saturday.
The Chang’e-5 probe collected 1,731 grams of lunar samples, and the return capsule landed in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on December 17, 2020.
The lunar soil looks like fine cement, a combination of rubble, bedrock dust, and vitreous particles with each particle about 100 micrometers in size. 
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