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Chinese probe completes Moon sample collection | The world | DW

[ad_1] China’s Chang’e-5 probe, sent to an unexplored area of ​​the moon, has finished collecting rock samples and the lunar soil is preparing to take them to Earth, the national space agency announced on Thursday (03.12.2020) . “The scientific prospecting operation has proceeded as planned,” the space agency said without …

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Orbiter, lander has split as the mission progresses

[ad_1] On Tuesday, space operators monitor the state of Chang’e 5 at a control center in Beijing. [Photo/Xinhua] China’s Chang’e 5 robotic lunar probe split into two parts early Monday morning in a major development of the historic sample return mission, according to the China National Space Administration. The separation …

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