China lunar probe to return to Earth with samples

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BEIJING: A Chinese probe carrying samples from the far side of the moon will return to Earth on Tuesday (Jun 25), capping a technically complex 53-day mission heralded as a world first. Beijing's space agency said the Chang'e-6 spacecraft "

The ascender and lander captured by China 's Chang’e-6 lunar probe after it landed on the moon on on Jun 3, 2024.

That means the materials harvested there may help us to better understand how the moon formed and how it has evolved over time. State broadcaster CCTV said Tuesday that the returner module would"re-enter the Earth's atmosphere and is planned to touch down at the landing site in Dorbod Banner, Inner Mongolia".

It reported that local farmers and animal herders have been evacuated from the area ahead of the touchdown. It has built a space station, landed robotic rovers on Mars and the moon, and become only the third country to send astronauts into orbit.

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