Lander lifts off from moon carrying rocks

By Joern Petring
Updated December 4 2020 - 4:14am, first published 4:12am
A Chinese probe has lifted off from the moon on its way back home with a cargo of lunar samples.
A Chinese probe has lifted off from the moon on its way back home with a cargo of lunar samples.

China's Chang'e 5 space module has left the moon after completing its mission to gather rock samples, the official Chinese new agency Xinhua reports.

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