China unfurls flag on Moon during Chang'e 5 mission.
China unfurled a flag on the Moon and becomes the second nation to plant a flag on Moon.
Chinese spacecraft Chang's-5 sent to Moon to collect lunar rocks launched its return mission to Earth, has raised the Chinese Flag on the Moon's surface.
The US planted the first flag on the Moon during the manned Apollo 11 mission in 1969. Five further US flags were planted on the lunar surface during subsequent missions up until 1972.
China will be the third country to retrieve samples from the Moon, after United Stats in 1960s and former Soviet Union in 1970s.
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