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Chinese craft returns to Earth with Moon rocks 808 BEIJING, Dec 17, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – An unmanned Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the Moon returned safely to Earth early Thursday, completing the first mission in four decades to collect lunar samples. While scientists hope the samples will give insights into the Moon’s origins and volcanic activity on its surface, the trip was also another high-profile chapter in China’s bid to become a space superpower. In images broadcast on state television, a Chinese flag was flown at the snow-covered grasslands where the capsule lande...

  ·  2020-12-04  ·   Source: Xinhua News Agency This simulated image shows Chang'e-5 spacecraft blasting off from the lunar surface. The Chinese spacecraft carrying the country's first lunar samples blasted off from the moon on December 3, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced (XINHUA) A Chinese spacecraft carrying the country's first lunar samples blasted off from the moon at 11:10 p.m. (Beijing Time) on December 3, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced. It represented the first-ever Chinese spacecraft to take off from an extraterrestrial body...

Chinese lander returns to Earth with Moon rocks 9 published : 17 Dec 2020 at 09:45 9 The Chang'e-5 lunar probe gathers samples on the Moon -- it has now returned safely to Earth. BEIJING: An unmanned Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the Moon returned safely to Earth early Thursday, completing the first mission in four decades to collect lunar samples. While scientists hope the samples will give insights into the Moon's origins and volcanic activity on its surface, the trip was also another high-profile chapter in China's bid...

China’s spacecraft successfully brings home moon samples Agencies December 17, 2020 Beijing, Dec 17: China's Chang'e-5 probe successfully touched down on Earth in the early hours of Thursday, bringing home the first samples of the moon in over 40 years. The spacecraft landed in Siziwang Banner in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, at 1:59 AM (local time), according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA). Zhang Kejian, head of the CNSA, declared the Chang'e-5 mission a success. It marks a successful conclusion of China's current three-step lunar exploration programme ...

Close Chinese Chang'e-5 spacecraft, which successfully collected soil and rocks from our  moon has safely returned. Chang'e-5 is an unmanned probe that launched its first mission after four decades to gather samples from the lunar surface. According to the Xinhua news agency, the unmanned spacecraft came back early Thursday. Xinhua said that the Chinese capsule which carried the samples from the Chang'e-5 made its landing in the region of Inner Mongolia in northern China, as stated by the CNSA or China National Space Administration. According to the  report from Xinhua, CNSA director ...