China's Yutu 2 rover is still operating after four years on the moon and has returned new images from the lunar far side. There have been few updates on Yutu 2 — whose name means "Jade Rabbit 2" — ...

Complex terrain and Yutu 2's reliance on solar power limit driving speed. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, ...

Earlier today I wrote that the Yutu rover had expired after a malfunction occurred during the storage of one of its solar panels prior to hibernation about two weeks ago. Well, guess what? Turns out, ...

The rover's radar peers 1,000 feet (300 meters) below the lunar surface. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, the ...

The Chang'e-4 mission's Yutu-2Rover is still active on the lunar surface. The Chang'e-4 mission landed on the moon in 2019. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: China Central Television (CCTV) | edit ...

The only rover on the “dark side” of the Moon—the side of the Moon permanently facing away from Earth—has eyed something peculiar. On the lunar horizon, the Chinese rover, Yutu 2, has spotted a ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. The ...

Uh-oh. According to news sources in China, Yutu experienced a "mechanical control abnormality" shortly before lunar sunset on Friday as it entered round #2 of lunar hibernation. To protect their ...

The first rover to visit the far side of the moon, China’s Yutu-2, has found stark differences between there and the near side. These include stickier, more supportive soil on the far side and a ...

China's lunar rover Yutu 2 is still active on the far side of the moon nearly six years after its historic touchdown. The Chang'e 4 rover Yutu 2, or Jade Rabbit 2, has completed 71 lunar days of ...