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Lunar first for China as spacecraft takes off from Moon
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Published on December 4, 2020 - Duration: 00:36s
Lunar first for China as spacecraft takes off from Moon
A Chinese spacecraft has lifted off from the Moon with a cargo of lunar rocks,beginning the first stage of its return to Earth.
Chang'e 5 is the thirdChinese spacecraft to land on the Moon and the first to take off from itagain.
It's the latest in a series of increasingly ambitious Chinese lunarmissions.
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