Deployment
Yutu-2 Rover at The Moon
China's lunar far-side rover, deployed by the Chang'e 4 lander (first far-side soft landing, 2019-01-03). Operated primarily by ground command across the Earth-Moon light delay; Chinese sources describe autonomous navigation/obstacle-detection capability, but the specific hazard-avoidance behavior is not corroborated in English-language primary sources (verified-vs-claimed: stated as claimed-capability, not verified). Still mobile as of 2025 (1.6+ km traversed), the longest-lived lunar rover.
Yutu-2 Rover by China National Space Administration · Operated by China National Space Administration · Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified
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Key facts
- Mission
- Chang'e 4 (far-side)
- Site
- Von Karman crater, South Pole-Aitken basin
- Status
- Longest-lived lunar rover; 1.6+ km traversed, still mobile as of 2025; ground-commanded
- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified
- Last updated
- 2026-06-06
- Model
- Yutu-2 Rover
- Company
- China National Space Administration
- Location
- The Moon
- Operator
- China National Space Administration
- Status
- active
- First seen
- 2019-01-03
- ID
a37ffd08-fb0b-4d76-9727-430daf8eca34
Sources (1)
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-06
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-06-06
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: research
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: space
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- knowledge-base
- Knowledge base
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Methodology surface for Yutu-2 Rover at The Moon.Common questions
- What is the Yutu-2 Rover deployment at The Moon?
- Yutu-2 Rover, built by China National Space Administration, is recorded as a deployment at The Moon on the DEPLOY registry. China National Space Administration operates the deployment directly.
- Who operates Yutu-2 Rover at The Moon?
- China National Space Administration, the manufacturer of Yutu-2 Rover, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
- When did the Yutu-2 Rover deployment at The Moon go live?
- The deployment is recorded as starting January 3, 2019 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
- Is the Yutu-2 Rover deployment at The Moon still active?
- As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, this deployment is currently operating.
- Have there been incidents at the Yutu-2 Rover deployment at The Moon?
- No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.
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