China's Jade Rabbit rover vehicle drove onto the moon's surface Sunday after the first lunar soft landing in nearly four decades, a huge advance in the country's ambitious space program. The Yutu, or Jade Rabbit, was deployed at 4:35 am (2035 GMT Saturday), several hours after the Chang'e-3 probe landed on the moon, said the official news agency Xinhua. Ma Xingrui, chief commander of China's lunar program, declared the mission a "complete success" after the rover and lander took photos of each other on the moon's surface late Sunday, Xinhua reported. Read more http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/stor...iant-leap-with-jade-rabbit-moon-rover-landing
