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Yutu on Wikipedia
Yutu (literally "Jade Rabbit") is an unmanned Chinese lunar rover which forms part of the Chang'e 3 mission to the Moon. It was launched at 17:30 UTC on 1 December 2013, and reached the Moon's surface on 14 December 2013.
China's Moon: Journey of the Jade Rabbit
Published on Feb 5, 2016
Yutu, or "Jade Rabbit," is an unmanned lunar rover that was part of the Chinese Chang'e 3 Moon mission. It reached the lunar surface in mid-December 2013. It was the first soft landing on the Moon since 1976, and the first rover to operate there since the Soviet Lunokhod 2 mission ended in May 1973.
Yutu encountered operational difficulties after about a month on the Moon, and was unable to move after the end of the second lunar night. It continued to gather useful information for some months afterward. In October 2015, Yutu set the record for the longest operational period for a rover on the Moon.
Chang’e-4 lunar rover
Published on Aug 16, 2018
The rover for China’s Chang'e-4 lunar mission was presented in Beijing on 14 August 2018. The Chang'e-4 lunar mission (lander and rover) is scheduled to launch in December 2018 and will land in the Aitken crater, located in the Aitken Basin, in the South Pole region on the far side of the Moon. Wu Weiren, chief designer of the lunar exploration program, presented the rover.
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