China’s state news agency announced that the lunar rover had died last night. Yutu, or “Jade Rabbit” as it’s also known, was previously (and prematurely, it turns out) thought to be dead two years ago, in January 2014. At the time, the rover appeared to have lost its ability to communicate with Earth. Scientists posited that the moon’s temperatures had simply been too cold for the rover, shutting it down. Then two weeks later, it unexpectedly sprung back to life and began sending them data again. The rover went on to live for over another two years.
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