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China's Jade Rabbit - or Yutu - rover is the first vehicle to land on the Moon in almost 40 years. The Chang'e-3 mission blasted off from Xichang in southern China on December 1, 2013, and landed on the Moon’s surface on December 14. Developed by Shanghai Aerospace System Engineering Institute and Beijing Institute of Spacecraft System Engineering, the lunar rover was designed to explore an area of 3 square kilometres (1.2 sq mi) during its 3-month mission.
- Lunar lander designed to be the first to bring materials back from the surface that faces away from Earth
- Spacecraft expected to touch down in the rugged Apollo basin beyond direct communication with ground stations
It may be a good idea to test out propulsion and lander technologies first in space, author and space policy expert at Arizona State University says.
Analysts say China gains access to African space market and Cairo firms up relationship with Beijing while moving closer to having Egyptian walk on the moon.
Li, 65, was a stalwart of China’s aerospace programme before appointment as defence minister in March, making global headlines as the country’s first defence minister on a US sanction list.
Around 122 asteroids near Earth are economically suitable for mining and use, says project scientist Wang Wei.
The Cubic Emergency Lunar Vehicle of China can be folded and tucked into the back of a regular roving vehicle and when in use can travel up to 10km/h on the moon’s surface, say researchers.
Puma collection honours successful mission of China’s Lunar rover, the Jade Rabbit in 2013.
China has big ambitions relating to the moon and Mars projects for 2022 and it has six launches planned to expand the Tiangong space station.
Yutu 2 mission team notices ‘mystery hut’ while examining series of images taken by the rover, according to Chinese space media outlet
As world remembers Neil Armstrong’s historic small step, Chinese scientists outline great leap for their space programme.
Yutu’s discovery of olivine helps pave the way for scientists to confirm existence of a mantle beneath satellite’s crust.
Despite the global ambition of China and its tech giants, some of their most important companies and projects are still named in Chinese and spelled in pinyin.
The Chinese lunar rover likely became crippled after hitting a rock while it navigated difficult terrain, according to a senior mainland scientist involved in the investigation into the breakdown.
Engineers are desperately trying to revive China's crippled lunar rover Jade Rabbit as fears grow that its mission could be over.
US talk shows have seized upon the stories released by Xinhua that update the public on the malfunctioning lunar rover. The "dispatches" are written in the first person, and are intended to appear as if the Jade Rabbit writes them.
Failure is not a word Beijing takes lightly. Driven by a desire to become a superpower and with the world watching its every move, success in all endeavours is expected. The breakdown of the nation's first moon rover, Jade Rabbit, just halfway through its three-month mission, therefore risks being perceived negatively. If scientists are unable to make repairs, it could well be written off as a blot on the space programme.
Scientists may not be able to repair China's lunar rover, Jade Rabbit, that has broken down on the surface of the moon, a report on state media suggested. The report from Xinhua, written as if it sent by the rover itself, said the problems could prove insoluble.
China's first lunar rover, the Jade Rabbit, appears to have broken down halfway through its three-month mission to the moon. Jade Rabbit experienced a "mechanical control abnormality" and scientists were examining the best ways to carry out repairs, Xinhua reported.
"Be ambitious. Follow your dreams." This is the advice given to young people by Polytechnic University professor Yung Kai-leung, who has become a bit of a star himself after China's latest moon exploration mission adopted a gadget he developed.
Wu Zhijun, a spokesman for the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence, told a press conference in Beijing on Monday that the Chang’e-5 mission would be launched in four years’ time.
China's moon rover will survey for minerals on a dusty, barren crater named the Bay of Rainbows, but experts say there may be no pot of gold on the earth's natural satellite.
China's lunar rover Yutu, or Jade Rabbit, has rolled on to the surface of the moon and started beaming its first photographs back to earth last night.
An earth-observation satellite developed jointly by China and Brazil failed to reach orbit yesterday after its rocket malfunctioned on ascent, dealing a setback to China's ambitious space programme.
