Yutu's journey has begun. The Chinese moon rover has moved away from its parent spacecraft, Chang'e-3, which successfully landed on the moon on Saturday – and the pair have already started snapping photos of each other and beaming them back to Earth.
Chang'e-3 took the image above, which shows the rover's tyre tracks in moon dust after it was deployed down a ramp from the lander. Yutu – whose name means Jade Rabbit – was also videoed taking its first journey onto the lunar surface.
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