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Mar
The Apollo program missions were spaceflights to the moon led by the United States during the 1960s and 1970s during which astronauts collected some samples of the moon’s surface. More recently, China launched the Chang’e 5 mission, which returned additional lunar surface samples. Researchers have analyzed and dated each of the samples, concluding that the lunar samples collected during the Chang’e 5 mission are significant because ______.
| Mission name | Year | Landing site | Approximate age of lunar samples (billions of years) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apollo 11 | 1969 | Mare Tranquillitatis | 3.6 |
| Apollo 15 | 1971 | Mare Imbrium | 3.3 |
| Apollo 17 | 1972 | Mare Serenitatis | 3.8 |
| Chang’e 5 | 2020 | Oceanus Procellarum | 2.0 |
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the claim?
