On Saturday morning, China successfully landed a robotic craft on the lunar surface. It was the first "soft landing" on the moon since 1976. The Chang'e 3 lander touched down near a crater called Laplace A in the Bay of Rainbows (
Sinus Iridum) on the northern edge of the Sea of Showers (
Mare Imbrium).
![Location of Chang'e 3 lander Location of Chang'e 3 lander](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDcgijpGQ34MOqXj1WVki-KoT9qymClvuY3b2fbZxAoYxFvIcPf20fTptgHKimHH99M-RuWGynmpaMwI30FQFpsrHg_RnwIg6zYHIUdlBbGVG8Y2Qo4LuxZ_cOoKRIDzWnn6NVN_7mR7UQ/s400/change3.png) |
Location of Chang'e 3 lander that deployed the Jade Rabbit rover on Saturday, December 14, 2013
This is my photo from September 18, 2013 |
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![Laplace A crater Laplace A crater](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMLS5dw0ITvvvWm67HK5_x4Iqz0ykI7tYczdjC2k3Ayr33T73MNEaJYuBDGaWzJlFDaypus8GwULPLYQRif7hxzXhhwR0DcDgEeA85GeLUZeusI45DRCAVpEsKGvP14cyR1aO5WFR7vwpQ/s400/Wac_sinus_iridum300m.png) |
Landing location near Laplace A crater. NASA image (public domain) by Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). |
The small arrow to the bottom left of the image above shows the location of the Soviet
Lunokhod 1 rover, which was the first rover to land on something other than the Earth. Lunokhod 1 landed in 1970, and now has a new neighbor 43 years later.
Laplace A
Laplace A
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