Chinese state media report probe sent to return lunar rocks to Earth has landed on the moon

BEIJING (AP) – The Chinese government says a robot probe launched to return lunar rocks to Earth has landed on the moon. The official China News Service said the Chang’e 5 “successfully landed on the moon in the pre-selected landing area.” It gave no more details. The probe adds to a string of increasingly ambitious missions by a Chinese space program that aims eventually to land a human on the moon.