China Lands On The Moon: Historic Robotic Lunar Landing Includes 1st Chinese Rover
China has landed its first robotic lander on the moon, a historic lunar arrival that makes the country only the third nation to make a soft-landing on Earth's celestial neighbor.
China's Chang'e 3 moon lander and its Yutu rover touched down on the moon Saturday (Dec. 14) at about 8:11 a.m. EST (1311 GMT), though it was late Saturday night local time at the mission's control center in Beijing during the landing. It is the first soft-landing on the moon by any spacecraft in 37 years.
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http://www.space.com/23968-china-moon-rover-historic-lunar-landing.html
Rolling on the surface: https://twitter.com/XHNews/status/411978534630879232/photo/1/large
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