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China spacecraft lands on moon to bring rocks back to Earth

by Joe McDONALD
| December 2, 2020 12:03 AM

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese spacecraft sent to return lunar rocks to Earth collected its first samples Wednesday after landing on the moon, the government announced, adding to a string of successes for Beijing's increasingly ambitious space program.

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