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China launches moon probe as space race with US heats up
Sign up for CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter which explores what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. China launched an uncrewed lunar mission Friday that aims to bring back samples from the far side of the moon for the first time,
China launches lunar probe to take samples from far side of the moon
China's advancing space exploration program has launched a new lunar probe to explore the far side of the moon. China has its own space station and conceptual plans for a moon base.
China Launches Mission to far Side of the Moon
In a world-first attempt, China has sent a rocket probe to the far side of the moon to collect samples in what will be a 53-day mission.
China rocket blasts off for far side of Moon
China has launched a probe to collect samples from the far side of the Moon, in what is being billed a world first. An unmanned rocket carrying the Chang'e-6 probe blasted off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center at about 17:27 local time (10:27 BST).
China hails space probe launch a success as it aims to collect soil from far side of Moon
The launch was broadcast on state media and hailed a success, with the complex mission the latest push by China into space.
China is heading to the Moon again – but what are its plans when it lands?
China has successfully blasted off to the Moon again, with the growing space superpower aiming to add yet another complex technical mission to its list of achievements. Having only first put an astronaut – or taikonaut – in space in 2003,
China set to launch probe to far side of moon
China is set to launch a probe to collect samples from the far side of the moon, in what is being billed a world first. An unmanned rocket carrying the Chang'e-6 probe is due to lift off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center just before 17:30 local time (10:30 BST).
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China launches historic mission to retrieve samples from far side of the moon
WENCHANG, China, May 3 (Reuters) - China on Friday launched an uncrewed spacecraft on a nearly two-month mission to retrieve ...
Ranking August Moon songs based on how close they are to One Direction
On The Idea of You's companion album, the film's star Nicholas Galitzine sings, "I think I need a new direction lately," a ...
Ask Amy: My son’s fiance blamed the moon for his malicious decision
A reader tells Amy that her son and his fiance are planning their wedding while they are on a long-planned, nonrefundable ...
The New Moon in Taurus Is Here To Disrupt Your Day-to-Day Life in the Best Way Possible
The new moon in Taurus perfects at 11:22 p.m. EDT on May 7, 2024. The energy of this new moon will continue to build over the next week until the sun and Venus meet up at a similar point in the sky on ...
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China launches Chang'e 6 sample-return mission to moon's far side (video)
Chang'e 5's success made China just the third nation to ace a lunar sample-return mission, after the Soviet Union and the United States. The vast majority of moon material brought to Earth was done so ...
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Earth’s quasi-moon Asteroid Kamo'oalewa likely blasted out of this giant moon crater
Less than a decade after discovering a near-Earth asteroid with lunar origins, an international group of scientists says they have determined where this mysterious object came from on the moon's ...
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China launches lunar probe in first-of-its-kind mission to get samples from far side of the moon as "space race" with U.S. ramps up
China on Friday launched a lunar probe to land on the far side of the moon in a first-of-its-kind mission to return with samples that could provide insights into differences between the ...
One step closer to a sci-fi reality—NASA announces funding for a quantum dot solar sail and a levitating train on the Moon
Other potential projects set to receive additional funding include a pulsed plasma rocket, a "fluidic telescope" designed to ...
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China Launches Spacecraft to the Far Side of the Moon
If successful, the Chang’e-6 mission will be the first in history to return a sample from a part of the moon that we never get to see from Earth. By Katrina Miller On Friday, China launched a second ...