China reaches for the moon

The World

 A Chinese spacecraft is set to land on the far side of the moon any day now. It’s the first attempt by humanity to land on the side of the moon that can never be seen from Earth. Host Marco Werman speaks with David Blewett, a lunar scientist with the applied physics laboratory at Johns Hopkins University.

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