China Lands on the Moon

Over the weekend, China landed a rover on the Moon. The mission is called Chang'e 3, and the rover is called Yutu, which means "Jade Rabbit". It launched on Dec. 1, and orbited the Moon for about a week. On Dec. 14, the lander touched down near the edge of Mare Imbrium, and a few hours later deployed the rover. As it descended, it took a ton of images, and they have been put together into this very cool video: This is the first soft landing on the Moon in nearly 30 years, and was undertaken to t...