Chinese capsule returns to Earth carrying Moon rocks
December 17, 2020 8:49 ISTA Chinese lunar capsule returned to Earth on Thursday with the first fresh samples of rock and debris from the moon in more than 40 years.
A Chinese lunar capsule returned to Earth on Thursday with the first fresh samples of rock and debris from the moon in more than 40 years.
China's Chang'e-5 probe, that touched down on the moon and collected rock samples from the lunar surface to bring them back to Earth for the first time in nearly 45 years, completed its first orbital correction on Monday, the country's space agency announced.
A Chinese space capsule bringing back the first moon rocks in more than four decades started its three-day return to Earth on Sunday.
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