Chang’e-5: why has China sent a probe to the moon?
by Helen Sullivan from on (#5B3ZR)
The unmanned Chang'e-5 spacecraft has landed on the moon to pick up lunar rock samples, something not attempted since the 1970s
China has successfully landed a probe on the moon. There, the unmanned Chang'e-5 will prepare to collect the first lunar samples gathered since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 mission in 1976. Here is everything you need to know:
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