China’s space probe returns with rare moon rocks

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China’s Chang’e-6 lunar probe has returned to Earth with first-ever samples from the Moon’s far side. The probe landed in the Inner Mongolia desert after a nearly two-month mission. The mission marks China’s sixth mission to the Moon and its second to the far side. Advertisement China’s lunar probe has returned to Earth with the first-ever samples from the Moon’s unexplored far side. The Chang’e-6 landed in the Inner Mongolia desert on Tuesday, after a nearly two-month-long mission that was fraught with risks. Scientists are eagerly awaiting the Chang’e-6 as the samples could answer key questions about how planets are...