China's spacecraft brings home moon samples

Source: Xinhua| 2020-12-17 03:02:42|Editor: huaxia


BEIJING, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- The return capsule of China's Chang'e-5 probe touched down on Earth in the early hours of Thursday, bringing back the country's first samples collected from the moon, as well as the world's freshest lunar samples in over 40 years.

The spacecraft landed in Siziwang Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, according to the China National Space Administration.

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