China's Chang'e-5 lunar probe successfully returns to Earth

After weeks of space travel,Chang'e-5 lunar probe have returned to home on Thursday morning, Beijing Time.

Chang'e-5 brought back the first fresh samples of rock and debris from the moon in more than four decades.

It landed at the designated landing site in Siziwang Banner in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

Comprising a lander, an ascender, an orbiter and a returner, the Chang'e-5 probe waslaunched on November 24. Its lander-ascender combination successfullylanded on the near side of the moonon December 1, and collected samples from both the lunar surface and beneath.

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