The Chinese Lunar Exploration Program (CLEP) successfully landed a craft on the surface of the Moon carrying a robotic rover called Yutu, which translates as "Jade Rabbit", the first soft landing there for 37 years. The rover was launched on 2 December 2013 aboard a Long March 3B rocket, the craft successfully landed on the Moon on 14 December 2013. It carried with it a 140 kg (310 lb) lunar rover named Yutu, which is designed to explore an area of 3 square kilometers (1.2 sq mi) during its 3-month mission. Meanwhile, the lander will conduct ultra-violet observations of galaxies, active galactic nuclei, variable stars, binaries, novae, quasars and blazars, as well as the structure and dynamics of the Earth's plasmasphere.http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/71711000/jpg/_71711842_chinese_moon_landing_624.jpg