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lunar rover
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Chang’e space program
- In Chang’e
…a 120-kg (260-pound) rover, called Yutu after the rabbit that accompanied the goddess Chang’e to the Moon. The lander touched down in Mare Imbrium in the Moon’s northern hemisphere on December 14. China thus became the first country to land a probe on the Moon after the Soviet Union and…
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exploration of the Moon
- In Moon: Return to the Moon
It carried a robotic rover, Yutu, which operated for almost three years.
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