Interview: British scientist receives China's moon samples, hopes for more collaboration

NAMPA / Xinhua
2025-05-11
LONDON, May 11 (Xinhua) -- The first lunar samples returned to Earth in nearly half a century, collected by China's Chang'e-5 mission, have arrived in Britain on loan. Professor Mahesh Anand told Xinhua in an exclusive interview on Saturday that he was "over the moon" to be chosen as one of a handful of scientists in the world to receive the samples, describing the lunar dust as rarer than gold. Anand, a professor of planetary science and e......
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