China's Yutu 2 rover is still operating after four years on the moon and has returned new images from the lunar far side. There have been few updates on Yutu 2 — whose name means "Jade Rabbit 2" — ...

China's Yutu 2 rover has returned a view of its path over three years of travels across the harsh environment of the moon's far side. The new images — released by Ourspace, a Chinese language science ...

Image from Yutu-2 showing its shadow on the lunar regolith. Credit: China Lunar Exploration Program/China National Space Administration HELSINKI — The Chang’e-4 lander and Yutu-2 rover resumed science ...

The farside of the Moon is a far different place from the nearside. It has a more rugged surface, chock-full of craters. It’s nearly devoid of the smooth, solidified-lava oceans that dot the side that ...

Since January, China’s Chang’e-4 mission – an orbiter and a rover – has been exploring the far side of the Moon, particularly the prized South Pole-Aitken Basin, an asteroid impact crater that ...

Behold! The moon "cube" or "hut", photographed by China's Yutu 2 rover. CNSA / Our Space SHARE China’s Yutu 2 rover has spotted a mysterious cube-shaped object in the distance on the far side of the ...

May has been a big month for China when it comes to space exploration. The country recently announced that it had landed successfully on the surface of Mars. China has also announced that its Yutu-2 ...

The rover Yutu-2, imaged by the Chang’e-4 mission lander, January 2019. Credit: China Lunar Exploration Program/China National Space Administration. HELSINKI — The Chang’e-4 lander and Yutu-2 have ...

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China's lunar rover Yutu 2 is still active on the far side of the moon nearly six years after its historic touchdown. The Chang'e 4 rover Yutu 2, or Jade Rabbit 2, has completed 71 lunar days of ...

China's Yutu 2 rover is still operating after four years on the moon and has returned new images from the lunar far side. Yutu 2 is part of the historic Chang'e 4 mission, which made the first-ever ...