Deep space probes articles
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China moon probe stands by for launch as space race with US heats up
By Simone McCarthy and Marc Stewart, CNN Wenchang/Hong Kong (CNN) — China is scheduled to launch an uncrewed lunar mission Friday that aims to bring back samples from the far side of the moon for the first time, in a potentially major step forward for the country’s ambitious space program. The Chang’e-6 probe – China’s
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China moon probe stands by for launch as space race with US heats up
By Simone McCarthy and Marc Stewart, CNN Wenchang/Hong Kong (CNN) — China is scheduled to launch an uncrewed lunar mission Friday that aims to bring back samples from the far side of the moon for the first time, in a potentially major step forward for the country’s ambitious space program. The Chang’e-6 probe – China’s
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China moon probe stands by for launch as space race with US heats up
China is scheduled to launch an uncrewed lunar mission Friday that aims to bring back samples from the far side of the moon for the first time, in a potentially major step forward for the country’s ambitious space program. The Chang’e-6 probe – China’s most complex robotic lunar mission to date – marks a key milestone in the country’s push to become a dominant space power with plans to land astronauts on the moon by 2030 and build a research base on its south pole. The expected launch of the...