“I’ve said a lot today, yet still feel like it’s not enough,” writes Jade Rabbit. “I’ll tell everyone a secret. Actually, I’m not feeling especially sad. Just like any other hero, I’ve only encountered a little problem while on my own adventure.”

“Good night, planet Earth. Good night, humanity.”
‘Goodnight Earth. Goodnight humanity’: China’s Jade Rabbit rover tweets its own death

China’s Jade Rabbit rover has run into difficulties, with engineers from the China Academy of Space Technology reporting that “abnormalities in the lunar vehicle” have arisen from “the complicated environment on the moon’s surface”.

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