China launches Chang'e-5 mission to bring back rocks from moon
by Reuters in Wenchang from Science | The Guardian on (#5ART1)
Lunar landing is due in about eight days and entire mission is scheduled to last 23 days
China has launched a robotic spacecraft to bring back rocks from the moon - the first such attempt by any country since the 1970s.
The Long March-5, China's largest carrier rocket, blasted off at 4.30am Beijing time on Tuesday from Wenchang space launch centre on the island of Hainan carrying the Chang'e-5 spacecraft.
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