China's Chang'e 5 spacecraft touches down on moon on mission to collect rocks and soil | South China Morning Post

China achieved a major milestone in its ambitious mission to bring home moon rocks after its spacecraft made a successful lunar landing on December 1, 2020. The Chang’e 5 moon lander and ascender vehicle reached the moon's surface near the peak of Mons Rümker, a lunar mountain in the Oceanus Procellarum (Ocean of St…

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