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Beijing, Dec 17 (EFE/EPA).- China's Chang'e-5 mission landed early Thursday in the northern province of Inner Mongolia with rocks and dust collected earlier this month from the moon, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) reported."Chang'e-5's reentry capsule touched down on its preset landing site in Siziwang banner of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region at 1.59 am (17:59 GMT Wednesday)," CNSA said in a statement. (Camera: WU HONG).SHOT LIST: A PRESS CONFERENCE HELD BY THE STATE COUNCIL INFORMATION OFFICE ABOUT CHINA'S CHANG'E-5 MISSION OF CHINA LUNAR EXPLORATION PROGRAM, IN BEIJING, CHINA.
China launches a rover to Mars on Thursday, a journey coinciding with a similar US mission as the powers take their rivalry into deep space. The two countries are taking advantage of a period when Earth and Mars are favourably aligned for a short journey, with the US spacecraft due to lift off on July 30. IMAGES
Paris, Jun 4 (EFE) .- (Camera: Mario García Sánchez) "If Europe does not continue to invest money, if it is not at the forefront of innovation, we will lose that great race for space to China and the US." Josef Aschbacher, ESA's director general since last March, alerted in an interview with EFE.FOOTAGE OF THE INTERVIEW WITH ASCHBACHER
Beijing, Jul 22 (EFE/EPA) .- A Beijing shopping mall on Wednesday displayed a replica of the Tianwen-1, a Chinese Mars probe, which is expected to be launched before the end of July, according to the China Academy of Space Technology.SHOT LIST: A REPLICA OF MARS LANDER ON DISPLAY AT A SHOPPING MALL IN BEIJING, CHINA.
Duran Duran will headline the 50th anniversary concert of the Apollo 11 Moon landing at he Kennedy Space Center on July 16.