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[b]Chang'e 5 takes off from moon with samples[/b] China's Chang'e 5 probe, carrying the country's first lunar samples, blasted off from the moon on Thursday (Dec. 3) at 11:10 p.m. Beijing time (10:10 a.m. EST or 1510 GMT), the China National Space Administration announced. This represented the first-ever Chinese spacecraft to take off from an extraterrestrial body. After the samples were collected and sealed, the ascender of Chang'e-5 took off from the lunar surface, and is expected to complete uncrewed rendezvous and docking with the orbiter-returner in lunar orbit, an unprecedented feat.
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