China’s recent moon landing, and its return with lunar rocks, is the first since the 1960s, when America and Russia competed in the space race. After planting the American flag on the moon, and returning five times, they lost interest.
BREAKING: China's Chang'e-6 probe lands on far side of Moon! Spacecraft successfully touches down on lunar surface, set to collect & return samples from South Pole-Aitken basin.
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