The lunar samples, collected by the Chang’e-5 probe, follow similar gifts to the French and Russian presidents

Chinese President Xi Jinping has given his Italian counterpart Sergio Mattarella a collection of soil taken from the moon by the Chang’e-5 lunar probe.
The gifts included 1 gram of samples scooped and drilled from the moon for research purposes and another 0.3 micrograms of soil held inside an ornament, state broadcaster CCTV reported.