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China launches unprecedented moon mission

Cornelia Borrmann
May 3, 2024

Since China's first moon mission in 2007, the country has narrowed the gap in the space race against the US and Russia. The Chang'e-6 spacecraft is expected to retrieve samples from the moon's rarely seen far side within two months.

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