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Mechanical fault in the Chinese Lunar Module "Jade Rabbit"

Beijing, China - The mission "Chang'e -3" may be over for the harsh environment of the lunar surface

Yutu ("Jade Rabbit"), the Chinese lunar rover, is no longer processing instructions coming from the Earth. Successfully landed on December 14, 2013, making China the third country after the United States and the former Soviet Union to soft-land a spacecraft on lunar soil, the rover showed abnormalities in the mechanical control just before entering the programmed dormancy at dawn on Saturday, January...

fra/pec - 1157914
Rome, Italy, 01/27/2014 17:33
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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