Chang'e 3
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lunar exploration mission operated by the China National Space Administration.
Chang'e 2 – Chang'e 4 – Chang'e 5-T1 – China National Space Administration – Chinese Lunar Exploration Program – lander – Long March 3B – lunar lander – robotic spacecraft – Xichang Satellite Launch Center –
2013-12-14T00:00:00Z
Moon landing Guang Han Gong 2013
2013-12-01T00:00:00Z
rocket launch Xichang Satellite Launch Center 2013
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![Boxes indicate locations of Chang`e-3 descent images. The spacecraft is probably in, or very near, the smallest box. Image is 4700 meters wide, north is up, NAC M181302794L [NASA/GSFC/ASU/JHUAPL].](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Safe_On_The_Surface_Of_The_Moon%21_%28LROC724_-_descent_lroc1%29.png/1280px-Safe_On_The_Surface_Of_The_Moon%21_%28LROC724_-_descent_lroc1%29.png)
![Chang`e 3 lander panorama [Images from CNSA; compiled by Di Lorenzo and Kremer] showing Yutu shortly after it drove down the ramp to the surface.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Chang%27e_3_Lander_and_Rover_From_Above_%28LROC637_-_landerview_lroc_crop%29.png/1280px-Chang%27e_3_Lander_and_Rover_From_Above_%28LROC637_-_landerview_lroc_crop%29.png)


![LROC NAC before and after shown in the animation at the top of this Featured Image [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Chang%27e_3_Lander_and_Rover_From_Above_%28LROC637_-_before_after_sidebyside%29.png)
![LROC image (acquired 15 July 2009) centered on area seen in descent images acquired by Chang`e-3 as it descended to the surface of Mare Imbrium. Image width 1700 meters, north is up, M102285549 [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Safe_On_The_Surface_Of_The_Moon%21_%28LROC724_-_landing_clean_M102285549La1%29.png)


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