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China’s Maiden Lunar Rover ‘Yutu’ Rolls 6 Wheels onto the Moon – Photo and Video Gallery
China's first lunar rover separates from Chang'e-3 moon lander early Dec. 15, 2013. Screenshot taken from the screen of the…
China Scores Historic Success as Chang’e-3 Rover Lands on the Moon Today
Photo taken on Dec. 14, 2013 shows a picture of the moon surface taken by the on-board camera of lunar…
China’s Chang’e-3 Moon Rover Descends to Lower Orbit Sets Up Historic Soft Landing
All systems appear to be “GO” for the world’s first attempt to soft land a space probe on the Moon…
China’s Maiden Moon Rover Mission Chang’e 3 Achieves Lunar Orbit
China’s maiden moon landing probe successfully entered lunar orbit on Friday, Dec. 6, following Sunday’s (Dec. 1) spectacular blastoff -…
Spectacular Liftoff Thrusts China’s First Rover ‘Yutu’ to the Moon
Liftoff of China’s first ever lunar rover on Dec. 2 local Beijing time from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China.…
Chinese ‘Jade Rabbit’ Rover Aims For The Moon On Sunday
If all goes well, expect another moon robot very soon. The Yutu ("Jade Rabbit") rover will lift off from China…
Bazinga: Mysterious Earth Orbiting Asteroid Turns Out to be Space Junk
Can’t find asteroid 2010 QW1 in the Minor Planet Database? No, the “Men in Black” didn’t secretly remove this Earth-orbiting…
China’s Shenzhou-10 Crew Returns to Earth
China successfully completed its longest human space mission as the Shenzhou-10 spacecraft and its crew of two men and one…
Amazing Shots! Shenzhou-10 Docked to Tiangong-1, Transiting the Sun
As soon as you see these images, you’ll probably guess who the photographer is ... yes, Thierry Legault. He had…
‘Space Class’ Among Aims of Chinese Taikonauts Who Left Earth Today
Riding atop a fiery Long March rocket, three taikonauts blasted off from Earth today (June 11) to kick off an…