China’s lunar mission Chang’e returns to Earth with Moon rocks

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Published on December 17, 2020 - Duration: 01:51s

China’s lunar mission Chang’e returns to Earth with Moon rocks

China becomes only the third country to have retrieved samples from the Moon following the US and the Soviet Union in the 1960s and 70s.


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