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Dec. 2, 2013
Chang'e-3 lunar probe and moon rover 'Yutu'

Chang'e-3 lunar probe (L) and moon rover "Yutu"

China launched the Chang'e-3 lunar probe with its first moon rover "Yutu" (Jade Rabbit) aboard on Dec. 2, 2013, from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan province. This was the first time China had sent a spacecraft to make a soft landing on the surface of an extraterrestrial body.