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China completes 3rd moon landing in 8 years. No one else has done it since 1976.

today3 December 2020

Background


On December 1 2020, China successfully completed the successful moon landing of its Chang’e 5 unmanned spacecraft – the third time the country has successfully completed such a feat since 2013.

The official Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported that the Chang’e-5 spacecraft made a successful landing within the moon’s Mons Rümker region – a volcanic plain on the near side of the moon said to be approximately 1.2 billion years old – and has already begun to collect rock and dirt…

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Written by: Dale John Wong


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