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On this day in 2013 – December 14th – the China National Space Administration (CNSA) Chang'e-3 spacecraft landed on the Moon.

The craft was composed of a lander and the Yutu rover. It was the first soft landing on the Moon since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 in 1976.


Mona Evans
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