China completes first spacecraft rendezvous, docking in lunar orbit
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Updated: 2020-12-06 14:06
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The rendezvous and docking, showed in this video provided by the China National Space Administration, took place between the probe's ascender and reentry capsule without external assistance from navigation satellites.
The ascender then delivered into the reentry capsule a sealed container holding 2 kilograms of lunar rocks and soil, according to the administration.
The operation was the first automated rendezvous and docking for a spacecraft in lunar orbit.
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