China's Chang'e 5 return capsule begins trip home, carrying moon rocks back to Earth from space

A Chinese space capsule has begun its three-day return trip home to Earth, carrying with it the first moon rocks to reach our planet in more than four decades.

The Chang'e 5 lunar probe has been orbiting the moon for about a week, and started up four engines for 22 minutes to boost itself out of the moon's orbit, China's National Space Administration said Sunday in this Chinese social media post. — Read the rest