China FDC on "Commemoration of the First Landing of Chinese Lunar Probe on the Moon"

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Commemoration of the First Landing of Chinese Lunar Probe on the Moon

Date of Issue : 1 January 2014

2-1 : The Lander of Chang'e 3
2-2 : The Moon Rover Yutu (Jade Rabbit)

On 2 December 2013, Chang'e 3 was launched by Long March-3B rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Center. It successfully landed in Sinus Iridum, or the Bay of Rainbows, on the Moon. On 15 December, the lander of Chang'e 3 and the moon rover Yutu (Jade Rabbit) took photos of each other after their successful separation, marking the complete success of the mission of Chang'e 3. It is the first time that China has sent a spacecraft to make a soft landing and rove on the surface of an extraterrestrial body.