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Chinese probe orbiting moon with Earth-bound samples

| December 7, 2020 12:30 AM

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese probe was orbiting the moon on Monday in preparation for the returning of samples of the lunar surface to Earth for the first time in almost 45 years.

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