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China's 'Jade Rabbit' lunar rover declared dead: Report - The Times of India
BEIJING: China's troubled Jade Rabbit lunar roverhas died on the surface of the moon, state media reported on Wednesday, in a major setback for the country's ambitious space programme.
The rover "could not be restored to full function", the state-owned China News Servicesaid in a brief statement, after the country's first moon rover ran into mechanical problems last month.
The Jade Rabbit, or Yutuin Chinese, was deployed on the moon's surface on December 15. The landing was the first of its kind since the former Soviet Union's mission nearly four decades ago.
But the rover experienced a "mechanical control abnormality" late January, according to the official Xinhuanews agency, and has been unable to function since then.
The mission was a huge source of pride in China, the third country to successfully send a lunar rover to the moon, after the United States and the former Soviet Union.
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BEIJING: China's troubled Jade Rabbit lunar roverhas died on the surface of the moon, state media reported on Wednesday, in a major setback for the country's ambitious space programme.
The rover "could not be restored to full function", the state-owned China News Servicesaid in a brief statement, after the country's first moon rover ran into mechanical problems last month.
The Jade Rabbit, or Yutuin Chinese, was deployed on the moon's surface on December 15. The landing was the first of its kind since the former Soviet Union's mission nearly four decades ago.
But the rover experienced a "mechanical control abnormality" late January, according to the official Xinhuanews agency, and has been unable to function since then.
The mission was a huge source of pride in China, the third country to successfully send a lunar rover to the moon, after the United States and the former Soviet Union.