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19 December 2020, 4:17 am EST By
For the first time since 1976, China has brought back samples from the moon through Chang’e 5, the China lunar probe, with the soil samples carried on the lunar capsule that just recently returned to Earth this Thursday, December 17, during pre-dawn hours.
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The soil samples were freshly acquired from the moon during Chang’e 5’s first lunar mission, which lasted for 23 days, wherein the spacecraft traveled for a total of 230,000 miles.
The fresh lunar soil samples were carried on the cargo weighing more than four pounds, which landed in the Siziwang district of the Inner Mongolia region, according to the report of the China National Space Administration.