Moon rover Yutu can't walk, but scientists not giving up  

玉兔号设计寿命已满：距离着陆器20米 无法动弹

探月工程副总设计师、中国航天科技集团科技委副主任于登云表示，“玉兔”现在只是不能走路，大脑、嘴巴、心脏都正常，探测数据和照片都能正常传回地球。虽然3个月设计寿命已满，但工作人员并未放弃对其故障的分析和排查。[查看全文]

(ECNS) -- China's first moon rover Yutu (Jade Rabbit) still can't walk, but its "mind, mouth and heart" are functioning normally, the Chengdu Business Daily said, citing the deputy chief designer of the country's lunar exploration project. [Special coverage]

The moon rover's designer Yu Dengyun said Yutu had entered its fourth dormancy on March 24, with mechanical control issues still unresolved. "The problem is with its legs," he said.

Although it has survived its design life of three months, Yu said they wouldn't give up as long as Yutu functions, and that they continued to analyze control issues.

Yu said the rover is less than 20 meters to the southwest of the lander, and that they can photograph and communicate with each other.

Yutu still sends back useful data and photos, he said. The process will be repeated, wakening Yutu and putting it to work and then letting it rest, until it loses all functions, Yu added.

Yutu will be wakened around April 10, he explained, as its dormancy needs a little more time.

There is the possibility that it will cure itself, Yu said, but there is little hope.