Image Credit: CNSA, Chinanews, Kenneth Kremer & Marco Di Lorenzo
Explanation: Where has the Yutu rover been on the Moon? Arriving in 2013
mid-December, the Chinese Yutu robotic rover has
spent some of the past month and a half exploring Mare Imbrium on Earth's Moon. Because it uses solar
power, the mechanical Jade Rabbit goes
into sleep
mode to endure the two-week long lunar night. Pictured
above is a digitally created time-lapse composite panorama showing the
region surrounding the Chang'e 3 lander, capturing
the desk-sized rover in three positions. On the far right, Yutu is seen heading south to investigate greener pastures,
likely never to return to its lander again.
