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China to send spacecraft to moon and back
October 23, 2014
China plans to launch a new lunar mission in the next few days to test technology that is likely to be used in Chang'e-5, a future lunar probe with the ability to return to Earth.
The experimental spacecraft is expected to reach a location near the moon and return to Earth, the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence (ASTIND) said.