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State media reported that the rover, which China has named Yutu-2, or Jade Rabbit-2, transmitted back the world's first close-range image of the far side of the moon. The rover was named in a global ...

China's ice-hunting Chang'e 7 mission is scheduled to launch to the moon later this year, helping set the stage for a lunar base that the country aims to build in the 2030s.

Scientists warn water on the moon is locked in frozen soil, not exposed to air and held in place only by cold and vacuum.

China launched a rover early Saturday destined to land on the far side of the moon, a global first that would boost Beijings ambitions to become a space superpower, state media said. The Chang'e-4 ...

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In a historic first, China has landed a rover on the far side of the moon, state media announced Thursday, a huge milestone for the nation as it attempts to position itself as a leading space power.