Chang’e-5: China completes first docking in lunar orbit
11 December 2020 |
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A Chinese probe carrying lunar samples back to earth for the first time in almost 45 years has docked with a spacecraft orbiting the moon. The maneuver was part of the ambitious Chang'e-5 mission.
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