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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
China, which landed a probe on the moon in 2013, now plans to be the first country to land a probe on the moon’s far side by 2020.