China's Chang'e-3 lunar probe
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Still image taken from video shows China's first moon rover, Yutu, or Jade Rabbit, on the lunar surface
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A giant electronic screen displays the mission operation information of China's Chang'e-3 lunar probe as researchers work at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center, in Beijing
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A photograph taken on a giant screen at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center in Beijing shows an animated image of the Chang'e-3 lunar probe landing onto the surface of the moon
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Photograph taken on a giant screen at Beijing Aerospace Control Center shows footage taken by a camera on the bottom of Chang'e-3 lunar probe as it descends onto the surface of the moon
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Visitors take pictures of a prototype model of a lunar rover at the 15th China International Industry Fair in Shanghai
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A boy looks at a golden scale model of China's lunar rover "Yutu", or Jade Rabbit, on display in a glass case in Nanjing
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The Long March 3B rocket carrying the Chang'e-3 lunar probe is seen docked at the launch pad at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Liangshan
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The launch pad of the Long March 3B rocket carrying the Chang'e-3 lunar probe is seen in Liangshan
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China said Monday it was on track to launch a fifth lunar probe with the aim of bringing back lunar soil and rock samples following the successful moon landing of a space probe.
The new mission planned for 2017 would mark the third and final phase of China's robotic lunar exploration program and pave the way for possibly landing an astronaut on the moon after 2020. (
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