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Title: China Lands Spacecraft on Moon
Post by: LennG on December 01, 2020, 03:32:09 PM
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/china-lands-chang-e-5-spacecraft-on-moon-to-gather-lunar-rocks-and-soil/ar-BB1bx0RV?ocid=msedgntp

First time since 1976 that anything like this has landed on the moon and returned to earth.

Title: Re: China Lands Spacecraft on Moon
Post by: Sem on December 01, 2020, 08:12:05 PM
Quote from: LennG on December 01, 2020, 03:32:09 PM
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/china-lands-chang-e-5-spacecraft-on-moon-to-gather-lunar-rocks-and-soil/ar-BB1bx0RV?ocid=msedgntp

First time since 1976 that anything like this has landed on the moon and returned to earth.

Pretty cool, although I have to imagine there
Title: Re: China Lands Spacecraft on Moon
Post by: Ed Vette on December 03, 2020, 10:59:52 AM
It would be nice to see a video of the approach and landing and then the landscape with today's photo technology. I wonder why...