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China plans to send the first spacecraft to land on moon’s dark side

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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.

Added on the 11/09/2015 01:16:47 - Copyright : Reuters - Next Media

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