Well, this is pretty historic!
China has successfully soft landed its probe on the moon and the rover is now on the surface.
The Planetary society’s Emily Lakdawalla has posted TV video of the unloading of the Rover – see Six wheels on soil for Yutu!
These are 3 animated gifs from Emily’s article
For those wanting to follow the process in real-time this is the video from the TV coverage.
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