March 30, 2017
CE-3 Lander has worked on the moon for 3 years until December 14, 2016, which created the longest record of artificial probes working on the moon. CE-3 Probe was developed by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) and was launched on December 2, 2013. It has finished the engineering missions perfectly by doing various scientific experiments and obtaining large amount of scientific and lunar environment data since its landing on lunar surface on December 14, 2013. Domestic and overseas scientists gained plenteous research achievements which greatly expanded the horizons for human beings.