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After rolling all six wheels into the dirt, Yutu

drove to a location about nine meters north of the lander, according to CCTV commentators

then turned around so that the red Chinese flag emblazoned on the front side would be facing the lander’s high resolution color cameras for the eagerly awaited portraits of one another

Yutu is nearly the size of a golf cart. It measures about 1.5 m x 1 m on its sides and stands about 1.5 m (nearly 5 feet) tall

Yutu will depart the landing site

and begin its own lunar trek that’s expected to last at least 3 months. Remove this ad

equipped with eight science instruments including multiple cameras, spectrometers, an optical telescope, ground penetrating radar and other sensors to investigate the lunar surface and composition

The radar instrument installed at the bottom of the rover can penetrate 100 meters deep below the surface to study the Moon’s structure and composition in unprecedented detail, according to

senior advisor of China’s lunar probe project,

A UV camera will study the earth and its interaction with solar wind and a telescope will study celestial objects

will also investigate the moon’s natural resources for use by potential future Chinese astronauts

Most of the science instruments are working including at least three cameras and the ground penetrating radar

the extremely cold lunar night and temperature fluctuations of more than 300 degrees Celsius – a great engineering challenge.

The rover will hibernate during the two week long lunar night

A radioisotopic heater will provide heat to safeguard the rovers computer and electronics

Dec. 14

the country’s first ever attempt to conduct a landing on an extraterrestrial body

landing on the lava filled plains of the Bay of Rainbows occurred at about 8:11 am EST or 9:11 p.m. Beijing local time

The Chang’e-3 lander transmitted its first images of the moon in real time during its approach to the lunar surface during the

landing operation