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China's Chang'e-6 Probe Drops Off Samples From Moon's Far Side


Three weeks after it lifted off from the far side of the moon, China's Chang'e-6 spacecraft dropped off a capsule containing first-of-its-kind lunar samples for retrieval from the plains of Inner Mongolia. The gumdrop-shaped sample return capsule floated down to the ground on the end of a parachute, with the descent tracked on live television.

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