China Focus: Unfurling China's flag on moon; only the second country to put national flag on moon


BEIJING, Dec 5 (Xinhua): The China National Space Administration on Friday night released images showing China's national flag unfurled from the Chang'e-5 probe on the moon.

The images were taken by a panoramic camera installed on the lander-ascender combination of the probe, before the ascender blasted off from the moon with lunar samples late Thursday.

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