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February 17, 2014

What's up, Yutu
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 17, 2014
It's been a few days since China said that the embattled Yutu Moon rover had sent a transmission back to Earth. Yutu suffered a mechanical anomaly roughly four weeks ago, shortly before it entered a frigid two-week lunar night. The anomaly, believed to involve a faulty solar panel mechanism, threatened to cause Yutu to freeze to death in the darkness. Yutu was apparently silent after daybreak, but apparently transmitted something after roughly three days. Since then, there has been a lack o ... read more

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