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China's Chang'e-6 Retrieves 1.9kg Lunar Samples from Moon's Far Side

China's Chang'e-6 mission successfully brought back 1,935 grams of lunar samples. The samples were handed over to the Chinese Academy of Sciences for analysis and research.

Discovered 2024-06-28T03:10:49.063405-07:00 | 2024-06-28T03:10:49.063405-07:00

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China gears up for deep space missions after collecting 1,935 grams of lunar far side samples

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