China has made history by becoming only the third country in the world to successfully retrieve rock and soil samples from the Moon. This comes after they also became the third country (2013) after the U.S. (1972) and Russia (1976) to successfully complete lunar landings.
Following the start of an unmanned expedition almost a month ago, the Chang’e 5 spacecraft successfully landed with the samples in China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region during the early hours of December 17,…