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On the same day China landed a probe on the moon, the US’s massive telescope in Puerto Rico collapsed – Business Insider Australia
On Tuesday, the United States and China experienced vastly different events in the world of space exploration and observation.
- On the same day that China collected lunar rocks in a groundbreaking space mission, a critical US telescope at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico collapsed.
- The observatory, built in 1963, was a beacon for US astronomical research, lasted through natural disasters, and inspired generations of Puerto Rican researchers.
- China’s successful accomplishment with the Chang’e-5 probe is the first time since the 1970s that lunar samples have been collected, and if the spacecraft returns to Earth safely…
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