Yutu 1 was the rover on China's Chang'e 3 moon mission, which landed on the near side in December 2013. On Jan. 2, the Chang'e 4 mission pulled off the first-ever soft landing on the moon's far side .

The Yutu 2 Rover launched with China’s Chang’e 4 mission in 2018, and reached the moon in January 2019. The mission aimed to discover more about the far side of the moon, or as pop culture ...

China's First and Only Moon Rover, Yutu, is Officially Dead. Published: 4 Aug 2016, 18:42 UTC • By: Alex Oagana. 7 photos. Photo: Japan Times. Remember the cute little lunar rover that was ...

China's Chang'e 4 rover Yutu 2 has been working on the far side of the moon for nearly six years. It was designed to operate for just three lunar days, or about three Earth months.

The Yutu-2 rover found the terrain to be relatively flat and free of rocks compared with areas on the side of the Moon facing Earth, such as the Mare Imbrium explored by the first Yutu rover from ...

China's Yutu rover has awakened from its regular two-week slumber on the moon but is still facing mechanical problems. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another ...

China's lunar rover, Yutu-2, has beamed back a new image from the 'dark side' of the moon, showing the winding path it has taken over the surface and the Chang'e 4 spacecraft.

China's Tianwan-1 Mars rover (right) is larger than the Yutu moon rovers (left). (Image credit: CCTV) "We must improve the autonomy of the rover.

China names moon rover 'Yutu' 0 Comment(s) Print E-mail Xinhua, November 26, 2013. Adjust font size: Visitors take photos of a 1: 2 scale model of Chang'e 3 moon rover on September 25, 2013.

Sometimes fresh interplanetary discoveries can be made right next door. China’s Chang’e 3 rover has found evidence of a new type of basaltic rock in one of the dark basins on the moon.

But Yutu 2 isn't the only rover from China making progress. In mid-May China’s newly-named Zhurong rover , part of the nation's Tianwen 1 mission, will make an attempt to land safely in Utopia ...