China says its probe sent to retrieve lunar rocks successfully lands on the moon

China launched an ambitious mission on Nov. 24 to bring back material from the moon’s surface for the first time in more than 40 years – an undertaking that could boost human understanding of the moon and of the solar system more generally. AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein BEIJING (AP) ࢀ" A Chinese robot probe sent to return lunar rocks to Earth for the first time since the 1970s landed on the moon Tuesday, the government announced, adding to a string of increasingly bold space missions by Beijing. The Changࢀ™e 5 probe ࢀœsuccessfully landedࢀ at its planned site, state TV and news…