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<description><![CDATA[It achieved lunar orbit on 6 December 2013 and landed on 14 December 2013, becoming the first probe in 37 years to soft-land on the Moon since Luna 24 in 1976. The official mission objective is to achieve China's first soft-landing and roving exploration on the Moon, as well as to develop and analyze key technological developments, while identifying resources that could potentially be mined in the future.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<i></i>1.3.2009:</i> <b>It was taken out of orbit and it impacted the surface of the Moon.</b>]]> </description>
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