Bolanle Akanji
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A spacecraft carrying China's first lunar rover has landed on the moon, state television showed.
This is a major step for the emerging superpower's ambitious space programme.
Landing was the "most difficult" part of the mission, the Chinese Academy of Sciences had said earlier in an online post written on the official Chang'e-3 Weibo page.
The country is planning on becoming the third country to carry out a rover mission, following the United States and former USSR.
China also plans to establish a permanent space station by 2020 and will eventually send a human to the moon.
This is a major step for the emerging superpower's ambitious space programme.
Landing was the "most difficult" part of the mission, the Chinese Academy of Sciences had said earlier in an online post written on the official Chang'e-3 Weibo page.
The country is planning on becoming the third country to carry out a rover mission, following the United States and former USSR.
China also plans to establish a permanent space station by 2020 and will eventually send a human to the moon.
