China will launch its first recoverable moon orbiter later this year, the government has announced, in the latest step in its ambitious space programme.
The mission will be launched before the end of the year and will travel to the moon before returning to Earth, the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence (SASTIND) said in a statement on Sunday.
Doing so will require withstanding the high temperatures that develop when a probe re-enters the Earth’s atmosphere.
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