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Ichingcarpenter

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Thu Feb 13, 2014, 05:40 AM Feb 2014

Jade Rabbit back from the dead: Scientists restore communications with Moon rover

China has restored communications with its space programme's Jade Rabbit moon rover, but engineers are still working to fix its mechanical problems, state media said.
The official Xinhua News Agency cited Pei Zhaoyu, the lunar probe programme's spokesman, as saying the rover had survived the frigid cold of the lunar night that began on 25 Jan.
The Jade Rabbit rover is designed to roam the lunar surface for three months while surveying for natural resources and sending back data.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2558039/The-Jade-Rabbit-dead-Chinese-mission-controllers-Moon-rover-following-mechanical-problems.html#ixzz2tC3u8PGb
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Jade Rabbit back from the dead: Scientists restore communications with Moon rover (Original Post) Ichingcarpenter Feb 2014 OP
K&R DeSwiss Feb 2014 #1
So three weeks later, it arose from the dead and is sitting at the left side of the crater? Thor_MN Feb 2014 #2
The Second Coming? qazplm Feb 2014 #3
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