The Chang'e-3 rocket carrying the Jade Rabbit rover blasted off around 1:30 am (4.30am AEDT) into the dark sky, the CCTV official broadcaster showed in live footage from the Xichang Satellite Launch ...

BEIJING (AP) — The Jade Rabbit did not go quietly into that long lunar night. Instead, China’s troubled robotic moon rover — given voice by a government news agency — melodramatically pondered the ...

A Chinese lunar rover has driven on the far side of the moon, the national space agency announced on Friday, hailing the development as a "big step for the Chinese people". The Chinese lunar rover ...

BEIJING -- China launched its first rover mission to the moon Monday, sending a robotic craft named Jade Rabbit to trundle across the lunar landscape, examine its geology and beam images back to Earth ...

Chinese officials recently announced the rover was experiencing mechanical difficulties, and now observers believe its done for. But the thirst... China's Jade Rabbit Rover May Be Doomed On The Moon ...

China's lunar rover got back to work on the far side of the moon Thursday after waking from a five-day hibernation, its official social media page announced. "Afternoon nap is over, waking up and ...

China’s Jade Rabbit moon rover became the most popular topic on Chinese social media Monday when Chinese state-run media reported that it was having mechanical troubles, according to CNN. Xinhua news ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese scientists will have to wait until the end of a long lunar night, lasting about 14 earth days, to see if repair efforts on the country's first moon rover, dubbed Jade ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Jade Rabbit moon rover has endured a long lunar night but is still malfunctioning, state media said on Thursday, after technical problems last month cast uncertainty over ...

Jade Rabbit, the Chinese lunar rover that experienced mechanical problems last month, could potentially be saved, state media reports. The moon rover was officially declared dead on Wednesday after it ...