China becomes second country after the US to unfurl its flag on Moon

China has become the second country in the world to unfurl its national flag on the moon surface.
Earlier this feat was achieved only by the USA, when it planted its flag on the Moon during the Apollo mission in 1969.
China achieved the historic feat when Chang’e-5 probe of China, which was launched on 24 November to collect soil and rock samples of lunar surface, took off from the moon to return to earth after planting the national flag on 3rd December 2020.
If the return journey concludes successfully, China become the only third country globally to have samples from the moon.
Till date, this record is maintained only by the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1960s and 1970s.