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March 17, 2014

China's Jade Rabbit lunar rover rouses from latest slumber
Beijing (AFP) March 14, 2014
China's troubled Jade Rabbit moon rover "woke up" again early Friday, though the mechanical troubles that have plagued it remain unfixed, the government said. The rover, called Yutu in Chinese, turns dormant and stops sending signals during the lunar night, two-week periods when the part of the moon's surface it is on rotates away from the sun and temperatures turn extremely cold. The State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence (SASTIND) said on its website that ... read more

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