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Footage released by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) shows the ascender module of a Chinese lunar probe Chang'e-6 collecting samples from the moon's far side. IMAGES
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.
Investigators search the Brussels office of German MEP Maximilian Krah as part of a probe into his aide, who is suspected of spying for China, German prosecutors said. IMAGES
Crates containing two endangered giant pandas are loaded onto a plane as they return to China after 12 years in the United Kingdom at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland. It had been hoped female panda Tian Tian ("Sweetie") and male Yang Guang ("Sunshine") would breed while at the zoo, but they did not produce a cub. The pair are flying back to Chengdu where they will live at a wildlife sanctuary. IMAGES
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