China's Chang’e 5 Re-entry Capsule Lands, Samples Retrieved

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Credit: NASA
SYDNEY—The return capsule of China’s Chang’e 5 lunar mission landed early on Dec. 17, Chinese time, bringing back the first samples from the Moon in 44 years. The samples have been retrieved. Xinhua News Agency published photographs of technicians opening the capsule, which landed on snow-covered...

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