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Chang'e 3 rover Yutu rolls onto the lunar surface

Chang'e 3 rover Yutu rolls onto the lunar surface
Chang'e 3 rover Yutu rolls onto the lunar surface Screen caps taken from a Chinese state television feed show the view from a side-looking camera mounted to the lander of the Yutu rover deploying from a ramp onto the surface of the Moon on December 14, 2013 CNSA / CCTV / Emily Lakdawalla
Yutu rover being transferred down from lander toward lunar surface
Yutu rover being transferred down from lander toward lunar surface Image: CNSA / CCTV / Emily Lakdawalla

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The first step of the deploy had Yutu rolling from the top of the lander onto the transfer ramp:

Yutu rolling onto the transfer ramp
Yutu rolling onto the transfer ramp Image: CNSA / CCTV / Emily Lakdawalla