China leaves its mark on the moon
China’s first moon rover has touched the lunar surface and left deep traces on its loose soil, state media reported, several hours after the country successfully carried out the world’s first soft landing of a space probe on the moon in nearly four decades.
The 140kg (300lb) Jade Rabbit rover separated from the much larger landing vehicle early today, about seven hours after the unmanned Chang’e 3 space probe touched down on a fairly flat, Earth-facing part of the moon.
