Moon soil to head for Chairman Mao's hometown
With Chang'e-5 probe making a perfect conclusion to its 23-day journey to the moon, bringing back soil from Earth's celestial neighbor, Central China's Hunan Province, the hometown of the late Chinese leader Mao Zedong, will be one of the sites where the moon samples are stored, to commemorate the leader and his passion for space exploration, China National Space Administration (CNSA) said on Thursday.
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Palestinian students, US experts co-create car application to reduce vehicle emissions
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China launches 4 new technology experiment satellites
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Kuwait launches Robotics, AI Festival
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Researchers discover fossilized bird preserved in amber
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