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Live coverage: Chinese sample return spacecraft completes docking in lunar orbit

November 23, 2020 Stephen Clark

Live coverage of the Chinese Chang’e 5 lunar sample return mission launching on a Long March 5 rocket. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.

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  • SpaceX launches predawn Starlink mission on President’s Day
    February 15, 2026
  • Replacement crew docks at space station, boosts crew back to seven
    February 15, 2026
  • SpaceX launches 600th Falcon 9 rocket to date with Starlink flight from Vandenberg
    February 14, 2026
  • ‘Very lucky day’: NASA, SpaceX ace astronaut launch to the space station on Friday the 13th
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  • NASA loading liquid hydrogen aboard Artemis 2 rocket in unannounced test
    February 12, 2026
  • Vulcan suffers solid rocket booster problem during USSF-87 launch
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  • ULA to launch geosynchronous orbit surveillance satellite for the U.S. Space Force
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  • SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
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  • Weather delays NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 flight to the International Space Station
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