# Yutu-2 Rover at The Moon: deployment

Canonical ID: `a37ffd08-fb0b-4d76-9727-430daf8eca34`

## 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_

- **Slug:** yutu-2-moon-von-karman
- **Status:** active
- **Model:** [Yutu-2 Rover](/models/yutu-2-rover.md) (id: `d19fa236-a9ff-4410-8a6a-90e3340bf73a`)
- **Company:** [China National Space Administration](/companies/cnsa.md) (id: `1a9f61ca-2bc9-45ff-97dd-7dd20174aaa2`)
- **Location:** [The Moon](/locations/the-moon.md) (id: `f1197527-6621-41c7-95a4-b34f80e2d112`)
- **Operator:** [China National Space Administration](/companies/cnsa.md) (id: `1a9f61ca-2bc9-45ff-97dd-7dd20174aaa2`)
- **First seen:** 2019-01-03T12:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yutu-2

## 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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