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China to land first Jade Rabbit Moon probe next month

CHINA: Chinese officials say they intend to land the country's first unmanned probe on the Moon next month.

The probe has been named Yutu or "Jade Rabbit", after the character that Chinese folklore says lives on the Moon's surface.

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