China’s Chang’e-5 Probe Blasts Off From the Moon, Bringing Back a Full Load of Samples
China’s Chang’e-5 Probe Blasts Off From the Moon, Bringing Back a Full Load of Samples
By Alan Boyle
December 3, 2020 at 10:34PM
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By Alan Boyle
For the first time in more than 40 years, a robotic spacecraft has blasted off from the Moon – and for the first time ever, it’s a Chinese spacecraft, carrying precious lunar samples back to Earth. The ascent vehicle for China’s Chang’e-5 mission fired up its rocket engine and rose from a region known as …
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