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China’s Lunar probe
Why is it in News?
- China’s lunar probe started its journey back to the earth after collecting soil and rock samples from the Moon.
Details:
- It is the first attempt by any nation to retrieve samples from the moon in four decades.
- The name Chang’e-5 probe is named after the mythical Chinese moon goddess.
- China is only the third country to have retrieved samples from the moon.
- The U.S. and the Soviet Union had brought samples in the 1960s and 1970s.