China plants its flag on the moon as lunar probe heads back to Earth
by Nadeem Badshah and agency from Science | The Guardian on (#5B6EA)
- China becomes second country to put national flag on moon
- Beijing has poured millions into military-run space programme
China has become the second country in history to put its flag on the moon, more than 50 years after the US first planted the Stars and Stripes.
Pictures from the country's National Space Administration show the five-starred Red Flag holding still on the windless lunar surface.
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