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Timeline: major achievements in Chinese space exploration

[ad_1] BEIJING (Reuters) – China plans to launch an unmanned probe to the moon earlier this week to bring back moon rocks in a nation’s first attempt to recover samples from Earth’s natural satellite since the 1970s. Children play with rocket models at a hotel reception in Longlou city, Wenchang, …

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Timeline: major achievements in Chinese space exploration

[ad_1] BEIJING (Reuters) – China plans to launch an unmanned probe to the moon earlier this week to bring back moon rocks in a nation’s first attempt to recover samples from Earth’s natural satellite since the 1970s. Children play with rocket models at a hotel reception in Longlou city, Wenchang, …

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TIMELINE-Important milestones in Chinese space exploration

[ad_1] China plans to launch an unmanned probe to the moon earlier this week to bring back moon rocks in a nation’s first attempt to recover samples from Earth’s natural satellite since the 1970s. If successful, the mission will make China only the third country to have recovered lunar samples, …

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Copernicus Sentinel-6 launched to observe our oceans

[ad_1] Image: ESA Paris, November 23, 2020. – A new family member: Copernicus Sentinel-6 was successfully launched on Saturday on a SpaceX Falcon 9. The 1.2-ton satellite took off from SpaceX’s Vandenberg Air Force Base in California and entered its orbit an hour after takeoff, the European Space Agency (ESA) …

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Vic’s research efforts declined as cases hit 200 | Collie Mail

[ad_1] Victoria’s contact tracing system declined as daily COVID-19 cases hit about 200 cases, Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton admits, although improvements have pushed that figure. Reflecting on the state’s deadly second wave, Professor Sutton told an inquiry into its often-controlled contact-tracing regime that authorities couldn’t keep up when new …

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