What is Yutu (rover)?
The '''Yutu''' or '''Jade Rabbit''' is a [[China|Chinese]] six wheeled rover vehicle built to travel on the [[Moon]]. It landed on the Moon in December 2013, and made its first trip on 14 December 2013.<ref name=BBC1>{{cite web |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25393826 |title=BBC News - China's Jade Rabbit Moon rover sends back first photos |first= |last=|work=bbc.co.uk |date=15 December 2013 |accessdate=16 December 2013}}</ref> It weighs 120 kg and can travel at a speed of 200 metres per hour.<ref name=BBC1/> It stopped moving after 42 days and stopped communicating after two years. The Chinese landing on the Moon was the first soft landing since 1976.<ref name=BBC1/> It is part of China's Chang'e-3 space program which uses the Long March 3B [[rocket]]. The Jade Rabbit carries a range of scientific equipment including a [[radar]] system which will be able to examine the ground beneath the surface.<ref name=BBC1/> The vehicle's name was picked on an [[online]] poll in China.<ref name=BBC1/> The Jade Rabbit comes from an old [[Chinese mythology]] story about the lunar goddess [[Chang'e]], who had a pet rabbit.<ref name=BBC1/> ==References== {{reflist}} {{science-stub}} [[Category:Moon]] [[Category:China]] [[Category:Spacecrafts launched in 2010s]] [[Category:Planetary rovers]]