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news China's Chang'e-5 Moon mission set for return © CNSA Artwork: The return capsule will approach Earth's atmosphere very fast China's Chang'e-5 mission is due back on Earth shortly with the rock and "soil" it picked up off the Moon. A capsule carrying the materials is expected to land in Inner Mongolia just after 01:30 local time on Thursday (17:30 GMT, Wednesday). It's more than 40 years since the American Apollo and Soviet Luna missions brought their samples home. The new specimens should provide fresh insight on the geology and early history of Earth's satellite. For China, a success...

China's Chang'e-5 mission has returned to Earth with the cargo of rock and "soil" it picked up off the Moon. The return capsule of China's Chang'e-5 probe after landing in Siziwang Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regio Photo: Xinhua News Agency A capsule carrying the materials landed in Inner Mongolia shortly after 01:30 local time on Thursday It's more than 40 years since the American Apollo and Soviet Luna missions brought their samples home. The new specimens should provide fresh insight on the geology and early history of Earth's satellite. For China, the successful compl...

China's Chang'e-5 mission returns Moon samples By Jonathan Amos image captionThe capsule touched down on snow-covered grassland China's Chang'e-5 mission has returned to Earth with the cargo of rock and "soil" it picked up off the Moon. A capsule carrying the materials landed in Inner Mongolia at 01:59 local time on Thursday (17:59 GMT, Wednesday). It's more than 40 years since the American Apollo and Soviet Luna missions brought their samples home. The new specimens should provide fresh insight on the geology and early history of Earth's satellite. For China, the successful completion of the...