Shanghai (AFP) Dec 6, 2020
A Chinese probe carrying samples from the lunar surface successfully docked Sunday with a spacecraft orbiting the moon, in another space first for the nation, state media reported. The manoeuvre was part of the ambitious Chang'e-5 mission - named after a mythical Chinese Moon goddess - to bring back the first lunar samples in four decades. The cargo capsule carrying lunar rocks and soi
China completes its first-ever docking in lunar orbit
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