Saturday, December 14, 2013

China's Moon Rover 'Jade Rabbit' Lands Safely

China has successfully landed a spacecraft on the Moon. The unmanned lunar rover called the Jade Rabbit is designed to search for minerals.Al Jazeera's Rob McBride reports from Beijing.
Once on the moon, the lander will unleash the instrument-laden Yutu rover, a six-wheeled robot built to trundle across the dusty, time-weathered terrain for months. Yutu — which means "Jade Rabbit" — is named after the rabbit that travels with the goddess Chang'e to the moon in Chinese legends



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