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The spacecraft finished its intelligent and rapid sampling work, and the samples were stowed in a container inside the ascender of the probe as planned, the CNSA said.
The ascender of China s Chang e-6 probe lifted off from lunar surface on Tuesday morning, carrying samples collected from the moon s far side, an unprecedented feat in human lunar exploration history.