China launched their lunar lander/rover Chang'e 3, December 2 (local time), 2013 and it became the first soft landing on the moon since the Soviet Union's Lunar 24 in 1976. Chang'e is the Chinese goddess of the moon and the rover is named Yutu, which is Chang'e's pet rabbit.
Yutu stopped sending signals in March 2015, but as of that time, the Chinese stated that the lander still had working instruments.
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