Jade Rabbit

Red star rising: China's ascent to space superpower

Posted in Science on 16th Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller

China's new-found footing off-world is changing the rules of today's space race: find out how the rest of the world is rethinking its strategies

China's 'Jade Rabbit' lunar rover freezes to death on moon

Posted in Science on 13th Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller

The lunar rover was supposed to enter hibernation for two Earth weeks (one lunar day), but it failed to fold up one of its solar panels and enter sleep mode.

China's Jade Rabbit rover explores Moon soil

Posted in Science on 17th Jan, 2014
by Alex Muller

China's Jade Rabbit Moon rover has completed its first examination of the lunar soil, state media claim.

'Remarkable' rocks within reach of Jade Rabbit rover

Posted in Science on 17th Dec, 2013
by Alex Muller

Some of the youngest lava flows on the Moon are within reach of China's Jade Rabbit rover, says a leading US lunar scientist.

China successfully lands spacecraft on Moon

Posted in Science on 15th Dec, 2013
by Alex Muller

China, whose lunar ambitions have only expanded in the last few years, has finally joined the United States and Russia in successfully landing a spacecraft on the Moon.