China ’s Department of State - break away TV web is account thatthe unmanned Yutu lunar roverhas successfully soft - landed on the moon . The roamer , which touched down a few minute after 9PM Saturday night Beijing fourth dimension , is the first object to be successfully indulgent - landed on the moon since 1976 .
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The Chang’e-3 landing slyness pack the rover to the smooth Bay of Rainbows region of the lunation after a voyage launched December 1st . The wanderer , diagnose Yutu ( Jade Rabbit in English ) , is a 260 lb six - wheel solar powered IE with a top swiftness of 660 foot per 60 minutes . For the next three months , it will conduct tests on the lunar control surface and set up a telescope to study world ’s plasmasphere .
An earlier Chinese ballistic capsule successfully orbited the Sun Myung Moon , collecting datum before being intentionally crashed into the moon ’s surface . The next mission in the Chang’e program is intended to bestow back rock’n’roll and soil sample from the lunation some time before 2020 . [ The New York Times ]
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