China makes 'giant leap' with Jade Rabbit moon rover landing

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China's Jade Rabbit rover vehicle drove onto the moon's surface Sunday after the first lunar soft landing in nearly four decades, a huge advance in the country's ambitious space program.

The Yutu, or Jade Rabbit, was deployed at 4:35 am (2035 GMT Saturday), several hours after the Chang'e-3 probe landed on the moon, said the official news agency Xinhua.

Ma Xingrui, chief commander of China's lunar program, declared the mission a "complete success" after the rover and lander took photos of each other on the moon's surface late Sunday, Xinhua reported.

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