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                           China Lands Rover on Moon

   Chinese state media say China has successfully landed a space probe on
   the moon, in the first lunar "soft landing" in nearly four decades.
   The Chang`e-3 lunar probe blasted off earlier this month from the
   Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China`s southwestern Sichuan
   province. It carried with it a moon rover, known as "Jade Rabbit."
   The rover will now separate from the lander and embark on a three-month
   scientific exploration.
   China is the third country to carry out a soft lunar landing, after the
   United States and the former Soviet Union. The last one was in 1976.
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