You Too Can See Yutu

On Dec. 14, 2013, China successfully put a lander and rover on the Moon. I was hoping that at some point NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter would be able to spot it, and it actually happened faster than I expected: [Photo by NASA / GSFC / Arizona State University] The animated image shows before-and-after shots of the area. You can clearly see both the lander (big blob) and the rover (smaller blob) in the "after" picture, which was taken on Dec. 24, 2013, when LRO was almost directly overhead t...