China sends robotic spacecraft to collect moon rocks


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Police investigating deadly Nyanga taxi shooting 'Lost summer' prom images win over judges of Taylor Wessing photo portrait prize © Provided by dw.com China on Tuesday sent a robotic spacecraft on its way to the moon to collect rock samples there and bring them back to Earth for the first time in more than four decades. The Chang'e-5 spacecraft was carried into space by the Long March-5, China's largest carrier rocket, which blasted off from Wenchang Space Launch Center on the southern Chinese island of Hainan at 4:30 a.m. Beijing time (Monday 2030 UTC). Launch commander Zhang Xueyu later said...