section_path: 21st century uncrewed soft landings and attempts/Chang'e 3 (China)
section_name: Chang'e 3 (China)
paragraph_text: Chang'e 3 (China)
  
  On 14 December 2013 at 13:12 UTC, Chang'e 3 soft-landed a rover on the Moon. This was China's first soft landing on another celestial body and world's first lunar soft landing since Luna 24 on 22 August 1976. The mission was launched on 1 December 2013. After successful landing, the lander release the Yutu rover, which moved 114 meters before being immobilized due to system malfunction. But the rover was still operational until July 2016.