The Chang'e-3 rocket carrying the Jade Rabbit rover blasts off, from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwest province of Sichuan on December 2, 2013.- AFP
BEIJING (AFP) - China launched its first moon rover mission early Monday, state TV showed, the latest step in an ambitious space programme seen as a symbol of its rising global stature.
As it shot into the dark sky, mission observers could be heard reporting at regular intervals that things were proceeding "normally".
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