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China Is About to Launch Its Most Ambitious Moon Mission Yet

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August 22, 2026 • 54 views
Original source: Slashdot.org
China Is About to Launch Its Most Ambitious Moon Mission Yet

China's Chang'e 7 mission is set to launch for the moon's south pole, where it will attempt the first-ever landing directly at the pole and search the region's dark craters for water ice. "It's an amazing mission," says Norbert Schorghofer, a Hawaii-based sen…

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